Ayy Child Safety Standards

Last updated: 7 November 2026

Ayy is an 18+ service. The service is not intended for minors. Regardless of the age restriction, Ayy maintains a zero-tolerance standard for child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Prohibited conduct and content

Ayy prohibits:

• child sexual abuse material (CSAM);
• sexual exploitation or trafficking of a child;
• grooming or sexual solicitation of minors;
• sexualized requests for images/content involving a minor;
• attempts to use Nearby, broadcasts, Direct Approaches or private messaging to locate, contact, groom, exploit or harm a child;
• sharing, requesting, possessing through the service or facilitating the distribution of sexual material involving minors;
• attempts to evade enforcement related to child safety.

These prohibitions apply whether conduct occurs in public-nearby content, profile material, Direct Approaches, private conversations or deliberately submitted report evidence. Normal broadcast authors can be recognized across sessions using a persistent public persona; using that property to target, follow or exploit someone is prohibited.

Age restriction

Ayy requires users to be 18 or older. If Ayy learns that an account is being used by a person below the minimum age, the account may be restricted or removed in accordance with the applicable safety/legal process.

The 18+ rule does not reduce Ayy’s obligation to respond appropriately when child-safety concerns are reported or otherwise become known through information Ayy lawfully possesses.

Reporting in Ayy

Users can report a nearby profile, an ayy (public-nearby broadcast) or a private chat. Blocking is available separately and does not require filing a report.

A user reporting a private conversation can explicitly select relevant evidence. Only selected evidence should leave the device through the report-evidence path.

Child-safety concerns can also be sent to our safety contact:

support@kalaphos.com

Do not send unnecessary private-chat histories, cryptographic secrets or unrelated sensitive information by email.

Private-chat access boundary

Direct-local private text is authenticated but not always E2EE (OFF by default; bilateral agreement required to enable it). Internet private messages are endpoint-protected. Ayy does not ordinarily hold historical private-chat plaintext that was never deliberately submitted as evidence, regardless of local protection mode.

When a participant deliberately submits selected messages as report evidence, that selected copy becomes server-held restricted safety data. Authorized safety staff can review it and access must be audited.

Enforcement

Child sexual abuse/exploitation can result in immediate restriction or permanent suspension and escalation under the legally approved child-safety procedure. Reports are evaluated as cases; report count alone is not a substitute for evidence/review.

Ayy may preserve specifically identified server-held child-safety evidence under a valid legal hold. A legal hold cannot create/recover E2E/local-only data Ayy never possessed.

Cooperation with authorities

Ayy will comply with valid and legally binding reporting, preservation and governmental/law-enforcement obligations applicable to the service and launch jurisdiction. Ayy will provide only information it lawfully holds and is legally required to provide.

When we find or are told about apparent child sexual abuse material or exploitation, we restrict the account involved, preserve the evidence we hold, and report it to the appropriate authorities, including India’s National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in) and, where appropriate, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline. We respond to valid preservation and information requests as the law requires.

Staff responsibility

Launch safety review is owned operationally through support@kalaphos.com and the authorized moderation/admin roles. Child-safety cases must be escalated to the highest appropriate authorized role and must not be handled through personal tools or unaudited exports.

Contact

Designated child-safety point of contact: support@kalaphos.com

Ayy is not an emergency service. If a child or any person is in immediate danger, contact the appropriate local emergency service.