Content Reporting and Moderation Policy

This policy applies to posts, pings, comments, captions, reposts, usernames, bios, profile images, messages, chat rooms, media files, AI-generated content, and any other user activity on Risus.

Users can report:

• a post, ping, repost, image, video, or caption;
• a message or media file in chat;
• a user profile, display name, username, or bio;
• a chat room or group;
• AI-generated content;
• suspected child safety violations, abuse, harassment, spam, scams, impersonation, or illegal content.

Risus provides reporting controls on relevant user-generated content surfaces. Entry points include:

Users can block or mute other users. Blocking reduces or prevents unwanted profile access, messages, mentions, room interactions, and other interactions where technically possible.

For one-to-one messaging and chat features, blocking is available from the relevant user profile and chat screen.

Reports may be reviewed using automated systems, human moderators, or both. Reviewers may consider:

• reported content and surrounding context;
• previous reports or enforcement history;
• severity, intent, and risk of harm;
• whether the content violates the Terms, Community Guidelines, Child Safety Standards, AI Policy, or law;
• whether immediate action is needed to protect users.

Depending on the outcome of review, Risus may take one or more of the following actions:

• no action if no violation is found;
• content removal;
• warnings or education notices;
• feature limits, such as messaging, posting, room, or AI restrictions;
• visibility restrictions;
• chat room removal or room moderation action;
• account suspension or termination;
• device, network, or identifier restrictions where appropriate;
• reporting to authorities or safety organizations when legally required or appropriate.

Reports involving child sexual abuse or exploitation, credible threats, terrorism, imminent self-harm, trafficking, or other urgent danger are escalated for priority review.

Where legally required or appropriate, Risus preserves relevant evidence and reports serious illegal content or conduct to appropriate authorities or safety organizations.

Users may appeal certain moderation decisions by contacting help@risus.io. Appeals should include the account email or username, the content or action being appealed, and a short explanation.

False, malicious, repetitive, or abusive reports may lead to restrictions on the reporting account.