waited

waited Child Safety Standards

waited's standards against Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). In effect since November 6, 2026.

This is a translation provided for convenience. In case of discrepancy, the French version prevails.

These standards apply to the waited app ("waited – photos to unlock" on Google Play and the App Store), published by Julien Camboulives, and to all of its services: the app, the waited.app website, and the profile and invitation pages. They complete waited's Terms of Use (waited.app/en/legal/cgu/).

1. Zero tolerance

waited explicitly prohibits, without any exception, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). On waited, it is prohibited:

  • to create, send, share, store, request or promote Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), including drawings, edited images or images generated by artificial intelligence;
  • to depict a minor in a sexual or degrading manner, even when it is their own photo;
  • to manipulate a minor in order to sexually abuse them (grooming), online or with a view to meeting them;
  • to blackmail a minor to obtain intimate images, money or anything else (sextortion), or to threaten to share images of them;
  • to ask a minor for an intimate photo, or to propose a sexual challenge to them;
  • to take part in child trafficking, to facilitate the sexual exploitation of children, or to promote or trivialize child sexual abuse.

Any violation leads to the removal of the content, sanctions against its author and a report to the authorities.

2. Who can use waited

  • waited is restricted to persons aged 16 or over. When signing up, everyone gives their month and year of birth: under 16, no account is created. An account found to belong to someone under 16 is suspended.
  • Photos and messages are only exchanged between friends, meaning two people who follow each other: a stranger can neither write to nor send a photo to someone who has not followed them back.
  • Anyone can block someone at any time: the blocked person can no longer find them, write to them or send them photos.

3. Prevention in the app

  • Nudity is prohibited on waited, even between consenting adults, and profile photos may not contain any.
  • The app analyzes photos on the phone, before sending and when opening them, to detect nudity; neither the photo nor the result of the analysis leaves the phone. Under 18, a photo that appears to contain nudity cannot be sent, and a received photo that appears to contain nudity is not displayed.
  • Challenges proposed between friends must remain respectful: asking for an intimate photo or proposing a sexual challenge is prohibited.
  • The "Help and safety" screen of the app explains what to do in case of pressure, threats or blackmail, and who can help, for example 3018 in France (free, anonymous and confidential).

4. Reporting content or behavior

  • In the app, anyone can report a person, a message or a photo, in particular with the reason "Puts a minor at risk". Since photos are end-to-end encrypted, a reported photo is sent to the moderation team along with the report, with the consent of the person reporting it.
  • Anyone, even without an account, can report content or behavior to contact@waited.app.
  • Reports concerning a minor are handled first, within 24 hours. As soon as a photo is reported for this reason, its sender can no longer send photos until a decision is made.

5. What we do with child sexual abuse material

As soon as we become aware of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or of exploitative behavior:

  • the content is removed for all of its recipients;
  • it is reported to PHAROS, the French Ministry of the Interior's official platform for reporting illegal content (internet-signalement.gouv.fr) and, if a child is in immediate danger, to law enforcement (17 or 112 in France);
  • its author's account is suspended; if a minor sent their own photo, they receive a warning and are referred to a support service (3018), then are suspended if it happens again;
  • the evidence is kept encrypted for one year for the investigation, then deleted; upon a legal request, we provide judicial authorities with the data identifying the author.

6. Compliance with the law

waited complies with applicable child protection laws, including the French Criminal Code (article 227-23 on child sexual abuse images), the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and the obligations to report to the authorities. We cooperate with the competent authorities of each country.

7. Child safety contact

waited's point of contact for child safety and CSAM is Julien Camboulives, publisher of waited, at contact@waited.app. This contact can speak to our prevention practices and to waited's compliance with these standards. Authorities and child protection organizations can write to the same address.