Why has my account or content been restricted?

If we've acted on your content or account, the email we sent you says what happened and why. Here's what each outcome means.

Your content was restricted

It's still live and visible to your subscribers, but it's now marked sensitive and taken out of discovery, such as Explore. This happens when our team decides content can stay up but shouldn't be shown to everyone.

Your content was removed

Our team decided it breaks our rules. Check our Acceptable Use Policy and adjust what you post.

You got a warning

Nothing was removed, but the content is close to the line. Repeated warnings can lead to stronger action.

Your account was banned

Your account is banned after a serious or repeated breach, and you can't sign in. To ask us to look again, use /appeal.

Some serious safety cases freeze an account and hold its earnings while we investigate.

Child safety and intimate-image decisions

If your account was frozen or your content removed under our child sexual abuse material process, or your content was removed as intimate imagery shared without consent, and you think we got it wrong, you can ask for a review through our legal request form: choose Legal inquiry. A trained reviewer who wasn't involved in the original decision looks at it, without the material being shown again or restored. Confirmed child sexual abuse material is never restored, and an account removed for it is never reinstated.

Content waiting for a check

New content waits while our automatic checks finish, and only you can see it until then. It's published once the checks are complete, and you don't need to do anything.

Appeal a decision

Open the appeal link in our email to appeal a decision about your content. Someone who didn't make the original decision reviews it, and we email you the outcome. See How do I appeal a decision?.