Child safety standards

US Afterhour · last updated October 22, 2026

US Afterhour has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). Content, messages or behaviour that sexualises, exploits or endangers a child are never allowed, and we report them.

What we do

Adults only. US Afterhour is for people 18 and older. Everyone making an account confirms their date of birth, and under-18s can't make one.
No minors at events with alcohol. Events that invite minors to drink, or skip ID checks, are against our rules and are removed.
Checks before posting. New events are checked before they appear on What's on: our safety scanner reads every one, and a moderator looks at anything it flags. Photos are checked for nudity.
Profile photos are checked, and private. Every profile photo is checked before anyone else can see it (by our automatic safety check and, if it isn't sure, a moderator), and a photo only shows to people who both said hi. Everyone else sees a drawn picture.
Messages only between people who met. People can only message someone they both said hi to after being at the same events, or the host of an event they are going to. Nobody can message a stranger.
Reporting in the app. Every event and comment, every person in Familiar faces and every message has a Report button, and anyone can send a report through Report a problem. A report that someone is under 18 pauses that person at once until a moderator looks.
Fast action. We remove child sexual abuse material as soon as we know about it, close the accounts involved, keep what the law requires, and report it to Cybertip.ca (Canada's tipline) and the police. Where needed, we also report to the US National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
We follow the law on child protection in Canada and wherever the app is offered.

Report a concern

In the app: the Report button on the event, the comment, the person or the message, or Report a problem.
Child-safety contact: the US Afterhour team (the named contact is listed with the app stores).
If a child is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number first (911 in Canada and the US).