Child Safety Standards
Last updated: August 2026
Polygloat has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE).
This page sets out our standards, how to report a concern, and what we do when
one is raised. It applies to everything on Polygloat — uploaded videos,
profiles, usernames, biographies and links.
1. Polygloat is not for children
Polygloat is for people aged 16 and over. Our Terms of Service require it,
and every account confirms it at sign-up. The app is not directed at children,
contains no content aimed at children, and we do not knowingly allow anyone
under 16 to create an account.
Where the App Store or Google Play tells us a user is under 16, we block
access rather than asking them to self-declare. If we learn that an account
belongs to someone under 16, we terminate it and delete the associated data.
2. What is prohibited
The following are banned outright, and an account that posts them is removed
permanently and without warning:
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — any depiction of a minor in a sexually
explicit context, real, edited or generated.
- Sexualisation of minors, including content that presents a minor in a
sexualised way regardless of nudity.
- Grooming, solicitation, sextortion, or any attempt to contact or arrange
contact with a minor for sexual purposes.
- Trafficking, advertising, or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a minor.
- Links, usernames, biographies or captions that promote or point to any of
the above.
3. How to report
In the app: every video has a report control. Open the menu on the video,
choose Report, and select Sexual content or Illegal. You can block the
uploader in the same step. Reports can be filed by any signed-in user and
reach us immediately.
By email: write to childsafety@polygloat.com. This address is monitored
and is also our point of contact for Google, Apple, regulators and
child-protection organisations. You do not need an account to use it.
If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services
first.
4. How we respond
- Every upload is screened automatically. Uploaded video is scored by
classifiers for sexual and violent imagery, and transcripts are scored for
abusive language. Material the classifiers react to is placed in a review
queue, ordered by how much of the video is affected.
- Every removal is recorded with the reason it was removed, so decisions
can be audited and appealed.
- Reports reach us immediately and are triaged from the queue. We commit
to prioritising any report involving a minor over all other moderation
work.
- Confirmed CSAE means permanent removal. We remove the content, terminate
the account, and preserve the material and account records as required to
support a lawful investigation.
- We report to the authorities. Confirmed CSAM is referred to the
appropriate authority or hotline in the relevant jurisdiction — including
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United
States and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in the United Kingdom — and
we cooperate with lawful requests from law enforcement.
5. Design choices that reduce risk
- There is no private messaging on Polygloat. There are no direct
messages, no comments and no chat, so there is no private channel through
which an adult could contact a minor.
- Uploading is tied to a named account: every video is published under the
uploader's username, visible to everyone. Nothing can be posted anonymously.
- Any user can block another, which hides that person's content from them
permanently.
6. Legal compliance
We comply with applicable child-protection law in the markets where Polygloat
is available, including the EU Digital Services Act, the UK Online Safety Act,
and US federal reporting obligations for providers. We keep written risk
assessments for illegal content and for children's access, and we review them
at least annually and before launching any feature that changes how users
interact.
7. Contact
Child safety: childsafety@polygloat.com
Everything else: legal@polygloat.com
