Exploitation content
Child sexual abuse material, sexualized images of children, requests for such material, or links to external files or groups containing such material are prohibited.
Child Safety Standards
Clear rules for protecting young users and the campus community.
MyNORSU Social is built for legitimate student, alumni, organization, tutoring, marketplace, job, and campus-related communication. Safety rules apply to every user, post, profile, message, update, and listing.
These standards explain what is prohibited, how concerns should be reported, how reviews may be handled, and what action may be taken when content or accounts create risk for children, students, or the wider community.
Zero toleranceNo exploitation, grooming, coercion, or unsafe contact.
Priority reviewSafety reports are treated as urgent platform concerns.
One inboxUse support@mynorsu.social for all safety reports.
Report immediately
Use the support inbox for child safety concerns.
Reports involving child safety, exploitation, grooming, threats, coercion, blackmail, impersonation, harassment, or unsafe contact should be sent as soon as possible. Include screenshots and relevant details where safe.
Core standards
What is never allowed.
Users must never create, upload, request, distribute, promote, normalize, or assist with any content or behavior involving child sexual abuse, child exploitation, grooming, coercion, trafficking, or unsafe sexual contact with a minor.
Grooming or coercion
Grooming, threats, blackmail, trafficking, sexual pressure, manipulation, or attempts to move a child into unsafe private communication are not allowed.
Unsafe exposure
Harassment, impersonation, deceptive profiles, sexual comments toward minors, or content that identifies or exposes a child in an unsafe way is prohibited.
1. Scope of these standards.
These Child Safety Standards apply to MyNORSU Social, including the website, Android app, iPhone, iPad, and desktop web access, user profiles, posts, comments, messages, daily updates, marketplace listings, tutoring posts, job posts, organization activity, and any other platform feature where users can publish, exchange, or display content.
The platform is built for a university community, but some users may be younger students, incoming students, visitors, dependents, or community members. For that reason, child safety rules are treated as a priority even when most platform activity is intended for higher education users.
Core rule: users must never create, upload, request, distribute, promote, normalize, or assist with any content or behavior involving child sexual abuse, child exploitation, grooming, coercion, or unsafe sexual contact with a minor.
2. Prohibited child safety content and behavior.
MyNORSU Social does not allow content, accounts, messages, listings, links, images, videos, usernames, profile text, group activity, or any other platform use that involves child exploitation or creates a risk of harm to a child.
Never allowed
Child sexual abuse material, sexualized images of children, requests for such material, grooming, coercion, extortion, trafficking, or attempts to move a child into unsafe private communication.
Also prohibited
Harassment, threats, blackmail, impersonation, deceptive profiles, sexual comments directed at minors, or content that identifies or exposes a child in an unsafe way.
Users must not post or share links to external sites, cloud folders, messaging groups, files, screenshots, or accounts that contain or request child exploitation content. Users must also not ask other people to send, save, forward, download, describe, trade, or hide such material.
If a user encounters suspected child exploitation content, the correct action is to report it immediately. Users should not repost it, forward it to friends, save it for personal review, or try to investigate the matter publicly.
3. Review and moderation process.
MyNORSU Social may review reported content, account activity, profile information, messages, listings, and related technical records where available and appropriate for platform safety. The purpose of review is to determine whether the content violates platform rules, creates a safety risk, or requires immediate action.
Reports are assessed based on available information. Some cases may require urgent restriction before a full review is complete. Other cases may require follow-up questions, additional screenshots, or technical checks to identify the relevant account or content.
Immediate action may include
Removing content, restricting visibility, disabling accounts, blocking features, preserving relevant records, or escalating the concern where legally required or appropriate.
Review factors may include
The age or apparent age of the person involved, the nature of the content, user intent, risk of continued contact, prior behavior, and whether coercion or exploitation is present.
4. Enforcement actions.
Violations of these standards may lead to content removal, warning, account restriction, suspension, permanent account termination, feature blocking, or other action necessary to protect users and the community. Serious cases may be escalated to appropriate authorities when required or when safety risk justifies escalation.
A user who attempts to evade enforcement by creating another account, using another person’s account, changing names, deleting posts after a report, or moving unsafe contact to another app may be removed from the platform.
5. Prevention expectations for users.
Every user is responsible for helping keep the platform safe. This includes communicating respectfully, avoiding private pressure, not asking for sensitive images, not requesting personal contact from younger users, and reporting suspicious behavior early.
Safer behavior includes:
- keeping conversations related to legitimate campus, organization, tutoring, job, marketplace, or community purposes;
- not asking younger users for private photos, locations, schedules, or off-platform contact;
- meeting only in safe public places for marketplace, tutoring, or organization-related activity;
- reporting impersonation, harassment, threats, coercion, scams, or unsafe behavior;
- blocking or disengaging from users who pressure, threaten, manipulate, or sexualize communication.
Do not ignore early warning signs. Repeated unwanted messages, requests to keep secrets, pressure to move to private apps, threats, offers of money for images, or attempts to isolate a younger user should be reported.
6. Contact and support.
Questions about these standards, safety reports, account issues, or content concerns should be directed to the support inbox. MyNORSU Social will review reports based on available information and take action consistent with platform safety, applicable rules, and applicable law.
Include useful details where safe:
- the username, profile name, post, message, listing, or group involved;
- the date and approximate time of the incident;
- screenshots, links, or descriptions that help locate the content;
- whether there is an immediate risk to a child or student;
- your contact email so support can request clarification if needed.
Do not place yourself or another person at risk to collect evidence. If there is an emergency, immediate physical danger, or an active threat, contact local emergency services or the appropriate authority first.