Moderation and Content Reporting Rules

1. Types of reports

The Report content feature allows submitting:

• a report of a GameBases rules violation,
• a notice of allegedly illegal content under the DSA.

These types are recorded separately in the interface and administration.

A rules-violation report and a notice of allegedly illegal content are distinct procedures with distinct requirements. A missing or incorrect AI label is not by itself illegal content and must not be submitted as a notice of illegal content under the DSA unless there is a separate ground of unlawfulness.

2. Notice of illegal content

The form allows stating:

• a precise explanation why the content is alleged to be illegal,
• the exact URL or other unique identification of the content,
• the reporter's name and e-mail, except a statutory exception for notices concerning child sexual abuse,
• a good-faith declaration that the information is accurate and complete.

After receipt we send a confirmation and case number.

3. Rules-violation report

For a rules violation the user selects a category and provides a description. Categories include in particular harassment, bullying, hate, violence, sexual content, child endangerment, spam, fraud, impersonation, privacy infringement, copyright, false or misleading AI labelling and another category with a mandatory explanation.

4. Assessment

An administrator assesses reports promptly, objectively, proportionately and without arbitrariness. They consider the exact content, context, severity, author's rights and urgency.

Reports involving threat to life, safety or a minor have priority. If there is reasonable suspicion of a crime endangering life or safety, we follow statutory reporting duties.

5. Decision

Possible measures include in particular leaving content, warning, restricting visibility, removal, restricting a feature, temporary ban or permanent ban.

We inform the reporter of the decision and available remedies. We provide the author of the affected content with a clear statement of reasons, contractual or legal basis and appeal option unless law or safety prevents it.

Each decision states the concrete end date of the appeal period. The appeal period is at least six months from notice of the decision.

We do not disclose the reporter's identity to the author unless required by law.

6. Appeal

An appeal may be filed via Workroom → My reports or from the decision notice. The appeal decision is taken by an administrator; where possible, someone other than the one who took the original decision.

7. Minors — age-appropriate summary

For users aged 13–17, these rules apply in plain language in particular:

• Be respectful to others. Harassment, threats and hate are forbidden.
• Do not publish your address, phone, school or precise location. Do not publish another minor’s precise contact details or location either.
• Do not move chats to private channels with strangers who ask you to.
• Do not send or ask for intimate photos or videos.
• If something looks dangerous or inappropriate, use Report content or write to admin@gamebases.gg.

For minors we use safe default privacy settings and do not provide profiled advertising.

It is forbidden to publish a minor’s precise contact details or precise location.

8. Abuse of reports

Repeated knowingly false or abusive reports may lead to a proportionate restriction of the feature after a warning and opportunity to comment. Mere rejection of a report does not mean abuse.

9. AI label correction and objection

Authorised staff may add or correct an AI label on public content where, based on available information, they can reasonably conclude that the current state is incorrect or misleading. Every change must have a recorded reason. Staff must not arbitrarily remove a label by which the author themselves declared AI use; removal is allowed only if the label was added by mistake, after a proven error is established, or after a successful author objection. A label change alone is not automatically a sanction and is not a finding that the content is unlawful.

We inform the author of the change and its reason where the author can be identified and providing that information is not prohibited by law and would not seriously endanger safety, an investigation or the rights of others. The author or an authorised manager of the affected content may file at most one open objection against a specific correction via Workroom → My reports → Objection to AI label correction. The objection is free of charge, assessed by a human, and the outcome is notified to the user. An objection to an AI label must not be created or recorded as a notice of illegal content.

Intentional or repeated breaches of the AI labelling rules may be addressed with existing proportionate measures under the Terms of Use and these rules. If a measure restricts the availability or visibility of content, an account or monetisation, the existing rules on stating reasons and objections under sections 5 and 6 apply.

Under-18 communication

Private messages with under-18 accounts are only between accepted contacts. A friend request does not include free text and does not create a DM before acceptance. Group game chats are tied to an authorized context. A public forum does not grant a private-message right. Users may block and report content.