pinterest.com
Adequate
- Domain
- pinterest.com
- Category
- Social
- Last review
- 2026-03-24
Detection & scanning
Whether known and novel abuse material is found at all, and across which surfaces of the product.
Hash matching on publicly posted media
Matching on all uploaded media.
Hash matching on private messages and attachments
Messaging media is matched.
Classifier detection of previously unseen material
Classifier detection described.
Detection applied to live and streamed video
No live surface.
Detection of grooming and solicitation in text
Limited messaging surface reduces exposure.
Participation in industry hash-sharing programmes
Participates in hash sharing.
Reporting & transparency
What the operator tells NCMEC, law enforcement and the public, and whether those disclosures can be checked.
Publishes child-safety enforcement figures
Transparency report with child-safety breakout.
Report quality sufficient for investigation
Not assessed.
Reporting cadence and timeliness
Filed on detection.
Response & enforcement
What happens after material is found: how fast it comes down, what happens to the account, and whether the decision can be contested.
Time to removal of confirmed material
No latency figure.
Account termination on confirmed violation
Termination on violation.
Prevention of re-registration
Controls described.
Preservation of evidence
Preservation on request.
Escalation of imminent-harm cases
Escalation path documented.
Product & policy posture
The design decisions that determine how much abuse is possible in the first place, before any detection is applied.
Protective defaults for minor accounts
Teen accounts private by default.
Restrictions on adult-initiated contact with minors
Adults cannot message unconnected teen accounts.
Age assurance at registration
Self-declared age.
Recommendation systems assessed for minor-safety harm
Recommendation surfaces partly assessed.
Encryption posture and stated mitigations
Detection remains available server-side.
Published child-safety policy with defined enforcement
Policy published.
Sources
- [1] Pinterest Transparency Report
Pinterest · 2025
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