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Please be assured that we will always remove material that violates real world laws or that clearly violates our policies upon receiving a report of its existence. Before submitting a complaint we encourage you to read our Community Standards and Terms of Service to learn more about our policies.

After reviewing it carefully, we may also remove content deemed offensive, harmful or dangerous, such as:

• Hateful language
• Promotion of dangerous and illegal activity
• Victims of phishing or account hijacking
• Content facilitating phishing or account hijacking
• Objectionable user identity

Additionally, we're aware that there may be content on orkut that is personal in nature or feels invasive. Nonetheless, we can't be the judge of all that is good or right, so there are some things that will be left to a judge in a court of law to decide. Here are some examples of content we will not remove unless provided with a court order:

• Shocking or distasteful imagery or language
• Political or social satire

If you're certain that you found content violating real world laws or our policies, you can report it by clicking report abuse on any profile page, community page, and next to an image, or by clicking the Report as abuse link beside a video to report video abuse to YouTube. The report abuse button is designed to let users easily notify us when they believe there may be violating content on orkut.

Individual report spam buttons are also available for profile owners and community owners or moderators who want to report spam on their scrapbook or community forum.

What Happens if I Click "report abuse"?

When you click report abuse, we automatically receive a notification, and your identity remains confidential. If based on the report we discover that the content violates real world laws or our policies, we may immediately remove it and report any necessary information to the appropriate authorities.

Please note that you will not receive a confirmation or notification after we review the content in question.

Do You Monitor Content on orkut?

We do not actively review content that users post on orkut. As you can imagine, it would be nearly impossible keeping up with all the new photos, community posts, and changes to user profiles. Additionally, reviewing newly written posts, photos and profiles would dampen the organic growth essential to any social network.

We expect our users to be responsible for their actions on orkut and to treat other users with respect. When there is a breach of conduct, however, we rely on you to help us keep orkut safe by notifying us through the report abuse button.

Is There Anything Else?

We believe in providing you with the tools to deal with annoying behavior or persistent users on orkut, as well as providing you with transparent policies. Click the links below to read up on these policies.

orkut.com Policies

Terms of Service
Community Standards
Copyrighted Material Policy
Privacy Policy
Image Upload Policy

Privacy Features

Profile privacy features
Ignore other users
Content ownership

Security Features

Protect your account
Prevent viruses and spyware
Spam on orkut