Reporting, Blocking & Enforcement
Effective August 24, 2026 · Last updated August 24, 2026 · Version 1.0
You should never feel stuck with someone who makes you uncomfortable. Blocking is instant. Reporting is private. Here's exactly what each one does and what happens next.
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Blocking
Blocking is instant and private. When you block someone, normal direct interaction stops: you won't see each other in discovery, you won't see each other's hangouts, and they can't message you.
We do not send the blocked person a notification telling them who blocked them. You never owe anyone an explanation for a block.
Reporting
You can report a member from their profile, a hangout page or the group chat — the flag icon. Reporting takes seconds, and you can block at the same time. Current categories:
- Made me feel unsafe
- Threats or violence
- Stalking
- Harassment or abusive behavior
- Hate speech or hateful behavior
- Sexual harassment
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Nonconsensual intimate image
- AI-generated sexual or deepfake content
- Suspected minor / underage user
- Human trafficking or exploitation
- Doxxing or sharing private information
- Impersonation
- Fake profile
- Scam or fraud
- Dangerous behavior
- Unsafe meetup
- Ignored my boundaries
- Didn't match their profile
- No-show or repeated cancellations
- Spam or solicitation
- Other
You can add details, and we encourage it — what happened, when, and where. Screenshots or context help us act faster. Nothing you write is shown to the person you reported.
Reporting a member you believe is under 18
Who's Down IRL™ is strictly 18+. If you have reason to believe a member is under 18, report them using the Underage user category. We treat these reports as a priority.
Where we receive credible information that a member may be under 18, we may restrict the account immediately, investigate, request appropriate re-verification, suspend, or remove the account. Information related to these reviews is handled as sensitive and kept to authorized administrators.
Nonconsensual intimate images and sexual deepfakes
Sharing an intimate image of someone without their consent — including a sexually explicit image or video generated or altered by AI to look like a real person — is never allowed here.
Anyone can request removal, whether or not they have an account, using the intimate image removal form. Requests enter our moderation queue at the highest priority. We work to remove reported content — and known duplicates of it — as quickly as we can, and always within the timeframes required of us where the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act applies. We keep a record of each step we took, and we do not ask you to upload the image itself.
Accounts that share this material are removed. Removed content is retained only in the form needed to prevent it being uploaded again and to meet our legal obligations.
How reviews work
Reports go to our moderation queue with a timestamp and any details you provided. Moderators may look at the reported content, the hangout involved, chat messages relevant to the report, account history and prior reports.
We aim to review reports promptly, but we are a small team and we do not monitor reports in real time.
Who’s Down IRL™ support is not an emergency service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services first.
Enforcement actions
Depending on what the available information supports, we may:
- take no action, where the evidence does not support a violation;
- issue a warning;
- restrict features such as hosting, messaging or discovery;
- remove content or a profile photo;
- cancel or remove a hangout;
- temporarily suspend an account;
- permanently ban an account and its owner from returning;
- preserve relevant records where legally appropriate;
- cooperate with lawful requests from authorities.
We cannot promise a specific outcome, and we don't share another member's account details, moderation notes or enforcement history with reporters. Those records are visible only to authorized administrators.
Retaliation and false reports
Reporting someone in good faith will never count against you. Using reports to harass someone — coordinated or knowingly false reporting — is itself a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.
Appeals
If you believe an enforcement decision about your account was wrong, contact Support with any context you can share. We'll re-review where there is new information. Ban evasion — creating a new account after removal — is not an appeal, and results in permanent removal.