People before engagement
Safety approach
Sensitive questions require tighter boundaries, faster review, and less personal information—not louder outrage.
Last updated 16 July 2026What never belongs here
Do not post child sexual abuse material, sexual content involving minors, credible threats, instructions for serious harm, targeted harassment, doxxing, or content that unlawfully supports terrorism. Do not upload or link to prohibited material. Critical content is blocked and escalated.
Sensitive-topic safeguards
Sensitive debates are 18+, text-only, non-graphic, and initially excluded from search indexing. Automated and human review pays particular attention to names, handles, identifying details, unsupported criminal allegations, suspicious links, and explicit sexual language. This is risk reduction, not a guarantee that every harmful contribution is caught immediately.
Report privately
Use the Report control beside a point or comment. Choose the closest reason and add only the detail moderators need. Do not repeat harmful content in public. Reports are prioritised by risk; repeated false or retaliatory reports may lead to restrictions.
If someone may be in immediate danger
Thunder Debates is not an emergency service. In the UK, call 999 where there is an immediate risk of serious harm. For non-emergency crime reporting, contact the appropriate police service. Do not rely on a site report as the only action in an emergency.
Platform risk work
Before public launch, the operator records illegal-content and children’s-access assessments, maintains response procedures, and reviews them when the service or risk changes materially. Ofcom publishes guidance on online-safety duties; the ICO publishes guidance on privacy and cookies.