How and where to report website abuse

Most popular websites take the safety of their users seriously, often providing online forms to report incidents direct to the provider.

Look for ‘Report Abuse’ or ‘Block’ buttons on every page or at the bottom of the website among ‘Help’ or ‘Support’ pages.

You should read the ‘Terms of Use/Service’ or Site Rules published on the website and mention how you think another user has broken these rules in your complaint.

We have provided direct links to the sites we deal with most frequently – these links may move or stop working so please let us know if you have difficulties contacting a website for help by leaving a comment below.

Facebook

With almost 700m members and 60% of Kiwi internet users now using Facebook, 1 in 7 of our monthly requests for help or information (by phone and email) is connected with Facebook.

Review all our Facebook advice or use these links to report problems:

Flickr

Reporting Abuse

Google

For YouTube video complaints and Blogger blog sites:

Blogger Violation Report
YouTube Contact Form

Microsoft

MSN / Windows Live Messenger

MySpace

Terms of Use Abuse Report

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