Child safety standards

Last updated November 13, 2026

Karnex Chat, by Karnytine Labs LLC, has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, sextortion and trafficking.

Our standards

• Karnex Chat is for people aged 16 and over. Accounts we believe belong to younger children are removed.
• Sharing CSAM, or using Karnex Chat to contact, groom or exploit a child, is forbidden by our terms. Accounts that do so are closed permanently.
• We report apparent CSAM and child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and cooperate with law enforcement, as US law requires.

How to report

• In the app: long-press a message and choose Report, or open a chat’s info to report or block a person. Reports reach our team.
• By email: [email protected], subject “Child safety”. We review child-safety reports first.
• If a child is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the US you can also report to NCMEC at report.cybertip.org.

End-to-end encryption

Messages are end-to-end encrypted, so we can’t scan their content. When you report a message, the app sends us a copy of its text and who sent it (you can read it, and you choose to share it). We also act on what the server can see: profile names and photos, group names and pictures, and account activity.

Child safety contact

Karnytine Labs LLC, Ohio, USA · [email protected]