1. Notice scope and present status
A notice may concern a listing, account, image, video, external contact route or attempt to re-post removed material. The live pilot must offer an accessible in-product route for safety, policy and media-rights concerns.
Every public profile has a report control. A submitted report enters a protected operator queue, may trigger an immediate visibility hold and receives a recorded decision state. Private Tonight is not an emergency service; urgent danger should be reported through the appropriate official route.
2. What a notice should include
- The profile, URL, content identifier or account concerned.
- The closest category: minor, exploitation or trafficking, coercion, paid sexual-service advertising, third-party ad, unauthorised media, impersonation, fraud, illegal service, evasion or other.
- A concise explanation and only the evidence reasonably needed to assess the concern.
- Optional contact information for follow-up. A good-faith report is not rejected merely because the reporter cannot prove the entire case.
3. Triage and interim action
A credible minor, exploitation, trafficking, coercion, third-party control, unauthorised intimate media or acute danger signal receives an immediate visibility hold. A clear paid sexual-service ad or prohibited third-party listing may also be held immediately.
A hold is not a final finding. The operator records the signal, protects the reporter, limits access to the case and requests focused evidence only when further review is safe and necessary.
4. Reasoned decisions
- No action when the notice is unsupported, not identifiable or outside the policy, with an internal reason.
- Request changes or proof while all or part of the listing remains restricted.
- Remove media or text, reject a listing, pause publication or suspend an account.
- Apply a policy strike for a validated non-severe violation or record a severe violation that bypasses the graduated-strike path.
- Preserve or refer the minimum relevant record when a valid legal or immediate-safety obligation requires it.
5. Repeat violations and evasion
A strike record identifies the policy, content, decision date and expiry or review state. Repeated validated violations, re-uploaded removed media, new accounts used to evade action, or coded re-posting can escalate to longer restriction or account suspension.
Strike count is not the only factor. A single severe concern involving a minor, trafficking, coercion, third-party control or non-consensual media may justify immediate suspension and specialist escalation.
6. Notice to the affected provider
The affected provider should receive the decision category, the restricted content, a useful policy reason, strike effect and appeal availability. Private Tonight may limit detail when disclosure would expose a reporter, increase danger, reveal protected evidence, enable evasion or conflict with law.
7. Appeal
An appeal identifies the decision and explains the claimed error with focused evidence. When feasible, an authorised reviewer other than the original decision-maker reviews the policy basis, evidence, reason and strike effect.
The appeal outcome is uphold, modify or reverse, with a new reason and audit event. Payment tier, visibility plan and threatened cancellation do not affect the decision.
8. Misuse, privacy and official help
Do not use notices or appeals to harass, dox, retaliate or knowingly submit fabricated evidence. Good-faith reporting is not punished merely because the available evidence is incomplete.
If someone may be in immediate danger or trafficking in Canada, use the official Canada.ca help and reporting guidance. Private Tonight is not an emergency-response service, and a platform notice should not delay urgent local help.