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Harassment, threats, spam, or a user breaking Stand's community rules. Reporting uses a technique called message-franking — not a backdoor. Here's exactly how it works.

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How reporting works on an end-to-end encrypted platform

Most abuse-reporting systems require the platform to be able to read your messages. Stand does not, by design. Instead:

When any message is sent, Stand's server stamps it with a tiny cryptographic commitment (a franking tag) without ever seeing the content.
If you decide to report a message, your device packages the decrypted text, the sender's handle, and that commitment, and sends it to our review team.
Our team can verify that the reported message really was sent by that sender at that time. We cannot fabricate or read any other message.

This is not key escrow. Stand does not hold a master key, cannot retroactively decrypt anyone's messages, and never will. We only see what you choose to forward.

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Which message?

If you opened this page from a message's "Report" menu, the ID is already filled in. Otherwise, go to the message, tap the three-dot menu, and choose "Report."

Why are you reporting it?

Threats or intimidationDirect threats of violence, doxxing, or stalking behavior. HarassmentRepeated unwanted contact, slurs, targeted cruelty. Spam or scamCommercial solicitation, phishing, link spam. ImpersonationSomeone pretending to be a specific person or chapter. Child safetySexual content involving minors. Reported directly to NCMEC in addition to Stand. Something elseExplain in the context box below.

Additional context (optional)

Up to 1,000 characters. This is sent as plain text — do not paste anything you would not want a reviewer to read.

What Stand will see

Forward the message content as evidence

If on, your device sends the decrypted text of the reported message plus its franking tag. If off, we receive only the sender's handle and your reason — which is usually not enough to act on.

Let a Stand reviewer follow up with you

If on, we can message you for clarification. If off, your report is anonymous from our side.

Stand will receive: sender handle, your reason, the reported message's franking commitment, and the decrypted text of that single message.

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Our team reviews reports within 48 hours for threats and child-safety cases, and 5 business days otherwise. If you opted in to contact, we may reach out via Stand messages.

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