FRiENDS — Child Safety Standards

FRiENDS is a private social app for sharing photos, videos and messages with people you already know. We have zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, sextortion and any sexualisation of minors.

What is prohibited

• Any content that depicts, promotes or links to the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor, including drawn, edited or AI-generated imagery
• Contacting, grooming or soliciting a minor for sexual purposes
• Threatening to share intimate images of anyone, including a minor
• Using FRiENDS to trade, request or advertise CSAM

These rules apply to posts, stories, comments, chats, group chats, profiles and every other part of the app.

Who can use FRiENDS

You must be at least 13 years old, or older where local law requires it. See our Terms of Service.

How to report

• In the app: choose Report on any post, comment, message, profile or group, then pick Child Safety.
• By email: alex@joinfriendsapp.com.

If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first. In the United States you can also report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at report.cybertip.org.

What we do when something is reported

• Child safety reports are handled ahead of every other type of report. Content reported for child safety is hidden from view as soon as it is reported, while we review it.
• When we confirm a violation, we remove the content and permanently ban the account.
• We preserve the material and report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), as US law requires (18 U.S.C. § 2258A). We cooperate with law enforcement.
• Anyone can block another user at any time. A blocked user cannot see or contact you.

Child safety contact

Our designated contact for child safety and CSAM prevention is:

Friend Tech LLC
Email: alex@joinfriendsapp.com
Phone: (940) 413-8821
5900 Balcones Drive STE 100, Austin, TX 78731, US