ScubaOS has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). We are committed to keeping ScubaOS a place where this content has no home.
Who can use ScubaOS
ScubaOS is for users aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly allow children under 13 to create accounts or share content. Accounts belonging to users under 18 default to higher-privacy settings: shared dive locations are coarsened, tags and mentions are limited to people they follow, and profiles are private by default.
What is prohibited
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), in any form.
- Sexualising, grooming, soliciting, or endangering a child.
- Any other content or behaviour covered by child-safety law.
How to report a concern
Anyone can report content from inside the app (every post and comment has a Report action), and you can report a child-safety concern directly to us at [email protected]. We review reports promptly.
You can also report directly to the authorities: in the UK to the Internet Watch Foundation (iwf.org.uk) and CEOP (ceop.police.uk); in the US to the NCMEC CyberTipline (report.cybertip.org); or to your local police.
What we do
- We remove CSAM as soon as we have actual knowledge of it.
- We report confirmed CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and/or the relevant authority in our jurisdiction (in the UK, the National Crime Agency), as required by law, and preserve evidence as required.
- We suspend or remove accounts involved.
- We comply with applicable child-safety laws, and keep these standards up to date.
Our point of contact
The person responsible for, and able to answer questions about, our child-safety and CSAM-prevention practices is Piers Jennings (operator), reachable at [email protected].