Safety

Child Safety Standards

Effective date: 24 October 2026 · Buddy (com.buddy.app.buddy), operated by DreamIT

Zero tolerance. Buddy prohibits child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of any kind. We remove it, ban the accounts involved and report it to the authorities.

1. Our standards

The following are strictly prohibited on Buddy, in reels, photos, stories, comments, voice comments, messages, profiles and any other part of the Service:

Any child sexual abuse material, including AI-generated, drawn or altered imagery.
Sexualising minors, including sexual comments about minors or sexualised depictions of them.
Grooming — building a relationship with a minor for sexual purposes, including asking minors for images, to move to private channels, or to meet.
Sextortion, or threatening to share intimate images of anyone.
Trafficking, or advertising or soliciting minors for sexual purposes.
Sharing links to, or instructions for finding, any of the above.

2. How we prevent harm

Age requirement: users must be 13 or older (or the higher local minimum). Accounts we believe belong to under-13s are removed.
Control over contact: people can only chat after a Buddy request is accepted; users can restrict who may message them or send requests, and block anyone instantly.
Detection: we use automated tools together with human review to detect and remove violating content and suspicious behaviour.
Enforcement: violating content is removed and accounts are permanently banned. We preserve relevant information as required to support investigations.

3. Reporting

In the app

Tap ⋯ → Report on any reel, story, comment, profile or message and choose "Child safety". Reports are prioritised for review.

By email

Email contact@dreamithq.com with the subject "Child safety report" and include the username or link. Please do not attach or forward abusive images.

To authorities

We report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and cooperate with law enforcement and relevant regional authorities. If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local police first. You can also report to NCMEC CyberTipline or the INHOPE hotline in your country.

4. Compliance

Buddy complies with applicable child safety laws in the countries where it is available, and with Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy.

5. Child safety contact

Our designated point of contact for child safety and CSAM matters can be reached at contact@dreamithq.com. This contact can speak to our CSAM prevention practices and compliance.

See also our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.