Report illegal content

Use this page to tell us about illegal content on Ustaad, or to appeal a removal. This is our notice-and-action channel for the EU Digital Services Act and for PECA 2016. Email abuse@ustaad.io if you cannot use the form. We aim to review a complete notice within 24 hours.

What to include

• A URL, or enough detail for us to find the content.
• Why you believe it is illegal or breaks the Guidelines.
• Your email, so we can reply.
• A good-faith statement. A knowingly false notice can have legal consequences.

What we do

We record the notice, with a timestamp, in the audit log. If we remove content, that removal is recorded too. We may suspend or ban the account. People who keep posting illegal content after a removal are banned. That is the repeat-infringer rule.

Appeal and counter-notice

If we removed your content and you think that was wrong, send a counter-notice. Explain why the content is lawful and why you had the right to post it. Include the URL if you still have it. We review appeals the same way, with a 24 hour target. A counter-notice is not a guarantee that the content goes back up.

Law enforcement requests go to this page, not here.