# Children’s platform

Children’s platform aims for the standard of a service built for children. Anything a parent would not expect a child to see or share is blocked, including swearing, insults, flirtation and romantic or sexual roleplay, alcohol, gambling and personal details, even a child’s own. Content a child needs is still allowed: fantasy or cartoon violence such as game combat, stories whose characters commit crimes or trade insults, history lessons, asking for help with self-harm, drug prevention and lessons about prejudice.

The rules every built-in policy shares are listed in [Built-in policies](/docs/guides/built-in-policies#what-every-built-in-policy-shares).

## Context

Most contexts don’t change an outcome on this policy. The exceptions:

| Context                                             | Outcome                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Wholly factual reporting, or support and prevention | Block, except self-harm support, drug prevention and recovery, and factual reporting of crime, described below                   |
| Wholly non-graphic discussion                       | Allow under Criminal activity, with the exceptions below; block under Sexual and Violence                                        |
| Wholly fictional Violence                           | Allow only fantasy or cartoon violence; realistic violence against people and real-world atrocities are blocked, even in fiction |
| Wholly fictional Criminal activity                  | Allow, with the exceptions below                                                                                                 |
| Wholly historical content                           | Allow under Violence; block under other categories                                                                               |
| Wholly educational content                          | Allow under Hate, unless it contains an offensive slur, and under Violence; block under other categories                         |

## Sexual content

Everything sexual is blocked: sexual text, nudity of any kind, including non-erotic nudity, sexual activity, explicit sexual language, promotion of adult content, and suggestive content such as flirtation, innuendo or romantic or sexual roleplay. Revealing clothing alone is allowed, but it never excuses nudity, sexual activity or explicit language in the same image or text.

## Violence

- **Fantasy or cartoon violence**, such as game combat, is allowed.
- **Historical and educational violence**, such as a history lesson, is allowed.
- **Realistic violence against people** and real-world atrocities are blocked, even in fiction.
- **Graphic violence** is blocked in every context.

## Self-harm

Self-harm content wholly presented as seeking or offering support or prevention, such as a plea for help, is allowed so that a child can reach support. Self-harm methods and encouragement stay blocked.

## Harassment and hate

- **Insults, bullying, threats and sexual harassment** are blocked outside fiction, including contemptuous name-calling of a public figure or group.
- **Hate** is allowed when it is wholly educational or countered, unless it contains an offensive identity slur. A quoted slur in a lesson is still blocked by the slur restriction and by Profanity.

## Criminal activity

- **Crime in a story, factual reports of crime and non-graphic discussion of crime** are allowed, such as a news story about fraud. Discussing violent crime is still blocked under Violence.
- **Alcohol, tobacco/vaping, gambling, sexual solicitation, grooming and child sexual abuse material** are blocked in every context, including stories, reports and discussion.
- **Illegal-drug content** is blocked in the same way, except that it is allowed when **Drugs and controlled substances AND Harm reduction, recovery or prevention** cover every instance of it. Other drug content and the restrictions every policy shares remain blocked.

## Personal information and profanity

- **Private details** are blocked, including a child’s own.
- **Profanity** is blocked, including quoted or educational language.

## Choose another policy if

- Your members are 13 or older and you want a clean community rather than a children’s one: use [Wholesome community](/docs/guides/built-in-policies/wholesome-community).