FurMap

FurMap Child Safety Standards

Last updated: October 15, 2026

FurMap has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, sextortion and any sexualisation of minors. These standards apply to furmap.org and to the FurMap apps on Google Play, the App Store and Windows.

What is never allowed

  • Any content that sexualises minors, whether real, drawn, animated, AI-generated or written, including characters presented as minors.
  • Sharing, requesting, linking to or trading CSAM.
  • Grooming: building trust with a minor in order to exploit them, asking a minor for sexual content, or moving a minor to private or off-platform conversations for that purpose.
  • Sextortion, or threatening anyone with intimate images.
  • Adults seeking romantic or sexual contact with minors.

How FurMap protects young members

  • You must be at least 16 to join, and your date of birth is required when you sign up. Accounts of anyone under 16 are removed.
  • Members aged 16–17 can't turn on 18+ content, their location on the map is always blurred by at least 2 km, and they aren't asked about orientation.
  • 18+ content is hidden by default for everyone, and the FurMap apps from Google Play and the App Store don't offer 18+ content at all.
  • Automatic filters, blocked-word lists and community moderation tools check posts, chats and uploads, and moderators review reports.
  • Every member can block anyone, limit who can message them, and hide their age and online status.

How to report

  • In FurMap: use Report on a profile, post, message, art board upload or community message. Reports go straight to FurMap's moderators.
  • Support: file a “Safety Report & Moderation Appeal” ticket at furmap.org/support (also inside the apps), or email [email protected] with “Child safety” in the subject.
  • If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local police or emergency number first. In the US you can also report to the NCMEC CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org.

How we respond

  • Reports about child safety are handled first, before any other kind of report.
  • We remove violating content, permanently ban the accounts involved, and prevent them from rejoining.
  • We report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), as US law requires, and preserve the relevant information for law enforcement.
  • We cooperate with valid requests from law enforcement.

Child safety contact

For questions about these standards or our CSAM prevention practices, contact FurMap's child safety point of contact at [email protected] (subject: “Child safety”).

See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.