Content Removal

01 Our position

HogTok hosts content uploaded by independent creators. We do not produce it, and we do not want content on the platform that the people in it did not consent to, that infringes someone's rights, or that breaks the law. When we are satisfied that content should not be here, we remove it — promptly, and without requiring the person reporting it to negotiate with the creator first.

You do not need an account to report content, and you do not need a lawyer to do it. Reports are free. We will not reveal your identity to the creator except where the law requires it or you expressly agree.

02 Urgent: non-consensual intimate imagery

If intimate or sexual content of you has been published on HogTok without your consent — including images taken secretly, images shared in a private context that were later published, or computer-generated imagery that depicts you — we treat that as an emergency. Send your report to [email protected] with the subject line "NCII REMOVAL".

Tell us where the content is (the video page URL, or the creator's profile URL) and enough to identify you as the person depicted. You do not have to send us a copy of the image, and you do not have to explain why it was published. We will unpublish the content while we review it, normally within 24 hours of a report that identifies the material, and we will confirm the outcome to you in writing.

Where the same material is uploaded again, we block it and terminate the accounts responsible. We keep a record of the report and the action taken so that a re-upload can be identified quickly.

03 Copyright (DMCA)

If you own copyright in material published on HogTok and it was published without your permission, you may send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Send it to our designated agent at [email protected] with the subject line "DMCA NOTICE".

A valid notice must include all of the following. If any element is missing we may have to ask you to resubmit, which slows things down.

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed — for example the title, registration number, or a link to the original.
3. Identification of the material you want removed, with enough detail for us to locate it — the exact page URLs on HogTok are best.
4. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

We remove or disable access to material that is the subject of a valid notice, and we notify the creator who uploaded it, providing a copy of the notice so they can respond.

04 Other content reports

Use the same address for anything else that should not be on the platform, including:

• Content that appears to involve a minor, or that you cannot confirm involves only adults.
• Content published without the consent of a person shown in it, where the NCII route above does not fit.
• Content that reveals private information about a person, or that harasses, threatens or defames someone.
• Content that appears to advertise or facilitate trafficking, prostitution or sexual exploitation.
• Content that is malware, a deceptive redirect, or an attempt to phish our visitors.
• A profile that misrepresents who the creator is, or that impersonates someone else.

Please include the URL and a short description of the problem. You do not need to prove your case in the first email — we will ask for what we need.

05 What to include

To help us act quickly, put as much of the following in your first message as you can:

• The exact URL of the page, video or profile. Copy it from the address bar rather than describing it.
• What the problem is, in one or two sentences.
• Whether you are the person shown, the rights holder, or a third party reporting on someone's behalf.
• How we can contact you, and whether you consent to your identity being shared with the uploader.
• For copyright, the six elements listed in section 03.
• Any deadline or court order that applies, so we can prioritise correctly.

Do not send us passwords, government ID numbers, or unredacted identity documents by email. If we need to verify identity we will tell you what is required and offer a safer route.

06 What happens next

Every report is logged and given a reference. Our targets are:

• Content involving a minor, or NCII — unpublished as soon as we can verify the material is the material reported, normally within 24 hours, and always before any other queue.
• Valid DMCA notices — actioned promptly, and in any event within the timeframe the DMCA expects.
• Other reports — reviewed within a few business days.

We will tell you the outcome: removed, left in place, or needing more information. Where content is removed, the creator is notified and may respond. If we decide not to remove something, we will explain why — for example because the report does not identify the material, or because the content is lawful and consented to.

Removal is permanent for the reported item. Re-uploads of the same material are blocked where we can identify them.

07 Counter-notice

If your content was removed because of a copyright notice and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to [email protected]. It must include your signature, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, and your name, address, telephone number and consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate federal court.

We forward valid counter-notices to the original complainant. Unless they notify us that they have filed a court action, we may restore the material after the statutory waiting period. Restoring content does not mean we endorse it, and it does not resolve any dispute between you and the complainant.

08 Repeat infringers

We terminate the accounts of creators who repeatedly upload material that infringes copyright, and of anyone who repeatedly uploads content that has been removed for consent, minors or serious harm. A single serious violation — content involving a minor, or non-consensual imagery — is enough to terminate an account permanently, with no warning and no reinstatement.

09 Creator appeals

If you are a creator and your content or profile was removed, you may appeal to [email protected] within 30 days. Tell us which item was removed and why you believe the decision was wrong, and include any consent documentation or rights evidence you hold. A person who was not involved in the original decision will review the appeal. Decisions involving minors or non-consensual imagery are not appealable.

10 Law enforcement

Law-enforcement and regulatory requests should be sent to [email protected] from an official address, with the case reference and the legal authority for the request. We respond to valid requests, and we may preserve records when we are asked to and the law requires it. We publish no transparency report at present, but we will tell you if that changes.

11 How to reach us

One address handles all of it: [email protected]. Use the subject lines below so your message reaches the right queue immediately.

• URGENT — MINOR — content involving a child.
• NCII REMOVAL — intimate imagery published without consent.
• DMCA NOTICE — copyright takedown.
• DMCA COUNTER-NOTICE — response to a takedown.
• CONTENT REPORT — anything else.

Removal contact

[email protected]

Operating entity

HogTok

Postal address

Available on request from [email protected]

Response target

Urgent reports: 24 hours. Copyright: statutory timeframe. Other: a few business days.