Guides: How to report
Reporting harmful and illegal content can help create a safer online environment. Check out our explainer video below to understand the two different ways to report illegal and harmful content.
Explainer: Illegal v harmful content
Step-by-step guides
To understand the full journey of reporting, we’ve developed detailed guides on how to report illegal and harmful content to various platforms. This page will be regularly updated and added to, so check it out for more helpful guides and resources. If you would like to give us feedback on these guides, you can email [email protected].
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TikTok
Disclaimer: These materials include information and examples to help the public understand the reporting methods on various platforms and more generally. In many cases these materials do not aim to describe what platforms are required to do under the relevant legislation (including the Digital Services Act and the Online Safety Code), but rather, they aim to reflect what we understand users are currently experiencing on platforms. These materials are illustrative only, do not contain legal advice and do not represent the views of Coimisiún na Meán, including any views on compliance with regulatory requirements. From time to time, reporting methods may change, and we will try to keep these materials up to date.
More information
Reporting to platforms should be easy to find and easy to use, if it isn’t, we’d like to hear from you. In our Report & Complain section you will find information on how to report to us, as well as more information on what you can report to Coimisiún na Meán.