Child Safety Standards
Bible Club's published standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation. This page exists because we mean it, and because Google Play requires apps in the Social category to publish it.
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Our position
Bible Club has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) in any form. This includes child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the sexualisation of a minor, grooming, sextortion, trafficking, and any other exploitation of a child. There is no context in which any of it is permitted here, and no appeal from its removal.
Who Bible Club is for
Bible Club is not intended for children. You must be at least 13 to use it, and at least 16 where local law sets that as the minimum — which includes Germany and Croatia. We close any account we believe belongs to someone below the applicable age.
What we do about it
- Prohibition in the terms. Sexual content involving a minor is expressly forbidden by our Terms of Use, which every user agrees to before they can post.
- In-app reporting. Every comment, profile, direct message and club can be reported from inside the app in two taps. Reports about a child's safety are treated as the highest priority in the queue.
- Blocking. Any user can be blocked immediately, and the block is enforced by our servers across every surface — comments, feed, direct messages, club chat, follows and notifications — in both directions.
- Automated filtering. Content submitted to Bible Club passes through an automated filter before it is stored, applied to comment bodies and to identity fields such as usernames, display names and bios.
- Action. Confirmed CSAE results in immediate removal of the content and a permanent ban of the account and its session, without notice.
- Reporting to authorities. We report apparent child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and, where applicable, to the competent authority in the jurisdiction concerned. We preserve the relevant records as required by law.
- Legal compliance. We comply with applicable CSAE laws in the markets where Bible Club is available, including the EU and the United States.
Reporting to us
Child safety point of contact: {{CHILD_SAFETY_CONTACT_NAME}} — {{CHILD_SAFETY_EMAIL}}
Reports to this address are reviewed with the highest priority, and we aim to act within 24 hours.
Inside the app, press and hold the content, or open the profile or club, and choose Report. You do not need to have blocked the person first, and reports are not visible to the person reported.
If a child is in immediate danger
Contact your local emergency services first. Reporting to us is not a substitute.
- Germany: 110 (police). Report online at bka.de or to your state police.
- Croatia: 112 (emergency). Centar za nestalu i zlostavljanu djecu — 116 000.
- European Union: the missing children hotline, 116 000, operates across member states.
- United States: 911, and the NCMEC CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678.
- United Kingdom: 999, and the Internet Watch Foundation at report.iwf.org.uk.