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Child safety

Last updated September 10, 2026

If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 first. Nothing on this page is faster than that.

What to put in the message

Enough for one person to find it without guessing. The account name, the screen you saw it on, and roughly when. A link if you have one.

Do not attach the image. A description finds it. Sending a picture of a child on to somebody else is its own harm, and the law treats it that way.

What happens to a report about a minor

An intimate image of anyone under 18 goes to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the CyberTipline. Federal law makes that a duty rather than a choice, and PlainSpan LLC cannot waive it on request, including at the request of the person who reported it.

Reported material is then held under 18 U.S.C. section 2258A(h), which treats a completed CyberTipline report as a request to preserve what was reported for one year. Held material is not visible to anybody using the service, and a law-enforcement request can end the hold earlier.

An account believed to belong to somebody under 18 is locked rather than asked to confirm and carry on.

Report to NCMEC directly as well

These are free, they are run by other organisations, and they reach many services at once. Neither needs you to send an image anywhere.

• The CyberTipline, for a report about a child. This is the same route a report here takes.
• Take It Down, run by NCMEC, for an image of somebody who was under 18 when it was taken.

Contact Porchkeep

For child-safety concerns involving Porchkeep, email safety@plainspan.com. Include the account, profile, or conversation involved when it is safe to do so. Do not attach or forward an intimate image of a minor.

An intimate image of an adult has its own page, at the takedown page, where the deadline is set by federal law.

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