What Is a Trust and Safety Report?

Most major platforms have trust and safety teams that review reports of harmful content. Submitting a trust and safety report is often the first step many victims take, but it has limitations: platforms can choose to ignore or deny reports at their discretion; there is no mandatory timeline; and platform policies may be narrower than federal law. For NCII, a Section 223a notice creates a mandatory legal obligation. A trust and safety report is useful as a complementary action — some platforms process legal notices through their trust and safety teams — but should not be relied upon as the primary removal mechanism.

Key facts about this term

1. Trust and safety reports are voluntary platform processes Platform teams can exercise discretion in reviewing and deciding reports. Unlike Section 223a notices, there is no mandatory compliance timeline or legal consequence for inaction.
2. Some platforms process 223a notices through trust and safety Several major platforms route legal NCII notices through their trust and safety teams for processing. ScanErase identifies the correct intake mechanism for each platform.
3. File both where possible Filing both a trust and safety report and a Section 223a notice — where the platform accepts both — maximizes the chances of prompt removal and creates parallel documentation.