Reddit prohibits any sexual or suggestive content, and predatory or inappropriate behavior, involving minors (i.e., people under 18 years old) or someone who appears to be a minor.
This includes sharing, offering, or asking for child sexual exploitation content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). CSAM can be defined as a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, including the display of a child’s nude body part in a sexual way. This prohibition applies even if the content is self-generated by a minor, shared with other minors, or reshared to criticize or denounce its existence.
We report CSAM to the appropriate authorities and have active partnerships and collaborations with others in the industry, as well as organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). We also use industry-standard technologies to help us detect known illegal content that users attempt to share on the platform.
We generally prohibit fantasy or fictional content (e.g. stories, deepfakes, photoshopped media) that depicts, encourages, or normalizes child sexual exploitation, sexual interest in children, or otherwise sexualizes minors –although an exception may be made for genuine artistic expression that does not encourage or normalize the sexualization of children (for example, representations from popular movies, TV shows, paintings, etc.). Depending on the context, sexualization of minors can also include depictions of minors that are fully clothed and not engaged in explicit sexual acts.
Here's a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate this policy:
- A cartoon depiction of a prepubescent child engaged in a sexual act
- A comment sexualizing a non-sexual image or video of a minor
- A community sexualizing a celebrity who is younger than 18 y.o., or was younger than 18 y.o. in the content depicted
- A post encouraging or advocating to normalize paedophilia as a socially acceptable sexual orientation
- Soliciting or offering "nudes" of minors, whether the poster is an adult or a minor
If you are unsure about a piece of content involving a minor, do not share it.
Additionally, any form of predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is strictly prohibited. This may include a variety of interactions such as asking a minor to engage in sexual conversations, asking a minor to produce or share nude or suggestive images of themselves (which qualifies at CSAM solicitation), an adult attempting to meet with a minor in real life, or engaging in sexual role-play where an adult might assume the role of a minor. Using Reddit to facilitate inappropriate interactions with minors on other platforms, websites or via electronic devices is also prohibited.
Here's a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate this policy:
- Direct messaging nude or sexually-explicit images or videos to a minor
- Threatening a minor if they don't share nude images
- An adult engaging a minor in sexually explicit conversation
- An adult requesting an intimate or sexual encounter off platform with a minor
- An exchange between an adult and a minor that may include a combination of flattery, offers of gifts, or requests for personal information or to meet privately online or in real life
We enforce Rule 4 against a range of harmful content and behaviors. Some of our prohibitions go above and beyond legally-defined requirements. However, in some cases, we do rely on contextual information or signals from the community to determine the inappropriate nature of the content or behaviors. We also recognize that child sexual exploitation and related topics may be discussed in the context of news stories, societal concern, or preventative education, and we may allow this discourse to happen as long as it does not violate the letter or spirit of the prohibitions listed above.
To report sexual or suggestive content or inappropriate behavior involving minors, you can use the in-line report feature on the app or website, or you can visit this page. You can also submit a report here if you don't have a Reddit account.
