How to flag inappropriate Kahoot! content
This guide covers how to request that kahoot or course is removed from our platform. The term "flag" in this context refers to raising a flag in our system that calls our moderation team's attention to something that circumvented our proactive moderation efforts.
Our editorial guidelines lists specific types of content that are not permitted. We don't allow content that:
- contains or encourages violence or criminal behavior
- may threaten the safety of our users, or that may encourage unsafe or harmful behavior
- is illegal, discriminating or clearly inappropriate or objectionable
- threatens the integrity and authenticity of our platform, our kahoots and our verified educators
- advertises or promotes goods or services without our expressed authorization
We value creativity and free expression. We may make exceptions for what we believe is clearly educational. For example, the famous painting "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli technically has nudity in it. We may not allow an image of this in a typical trivia kahoot. But it would likely be fine in a kahoot about the artist or the Italian Renaissance.
Duplicate content is not inherently infringement
We understand it can be frustrating to see your hard work copied by another user. However, as a collaborative learning platform, duplication allows educators and learners to adapt existing, high-quality content to better fit their unique classroom needs, audiences, and languages.
When a kahoot is saved as public, it will appear in search results on our Discover page. Publicly-found content can usually be duplicated by others. If you don't want your content to be duplicated, make it private or upgrade to a plan that includes our prevent duplication feature.
Otherwise, if you have documentation that certifies you (or an entity you represent) owns rights to materials being infringed by a creator on our platform, please see the "Content reporting and DMCA" section in our Acceptable Use Policy for guidance on how to notify our legal team. Valid notices will be handled promptly.
Inaccurate content is not inherently misinformation
If you find a kahoot that has incorrect information in it, please consider the severity of the misinformation. We don't allow promotion of hate speech or things like COVID-19 misinformation that are known to have real-world effects on public safety or civic discourse. Whereas a typo doesn't risk serious or widespread harm and is more quickly remedied by duplicating the kahoot.
How to flag content
Signed in
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Locate the public kahoot or course you want to report.
- Content will be arranged in a grid or list as cards.
- Click on a card to access a "details" page for the kahoot or course.
- Open the content's "options" menu and choose the "flag" option.
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Select a category.
- Depending on the chosen category, you may also need to choose a sub-category.
- Add details or images to help us understand the violation you're flagging.
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Click the "flag" button to flag the content.
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The content is now marked as "under review".
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The content is now marked as "under review".
Not signed in / Can't flag content in-platform
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Open the green bubble
in the bottom-right of any page
in
our help center and tell Robyn you want
to
request removal of content.
- Robyn will advise how to do this while signed in but offer a button to "request moderation / takedown"
- Use the "request moderation / takedown" button
- Choose a category for the type of violation you're flagging
- Provide a link/url or PIN tied to the violation and add details or images to help us understand the violation you're flagging.
- If you want to flag multiple things at once, choose "yes" that you want to "list another violation" and click "next". Otherwise, choose "no" and then "next".
- After all violations have been added, advise if you or someone you're acting on behalf of are depicted without consent in any of the content you're flagging. Then click "next".
- Confirm that your information is accurate and complete and click "next".
- Provide a contact email and click "next".
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A verification email will be sent to you. Follow the
included
instructions to confirm your contact email is valid and
can
receive our replies.
- If you don't receive anything within 2 minutes, go back to Robyn and use the "try another email" button to provide a different contact email.
One of our moderators will usually review it within 24 hours.
- If our moderators agree that the kahoot should not be public, the creator will be notified that their content is quarantined and can only be edited (can't be shared, hosted, assigned).
- If our moderators disagree, or the quarantined content is revised to a state we believe is appropriate, the kahoot will be approved for public access.
Moderation categories explained
1: Animal Welfare
Bad actors may upload explicit images or videos of animal abuse as quiz media, or include links facilitating illegal animal trade. It does not apply to educational quizzes about nature, the food industry, or veterinary science that may depict natural predation or medical procedures.
2: Consumer information infringements
Content functioning as undisclosed sponsorships or deceptive marketing scams.
3: Cyber violence
Content targeting classmates, teachers, or individuals to humiliate, harass, or call for physical harm
4: Cyber violence against women
Abusive content leveraging the victim being female (e.g., slut-shaming. sharing non-consensual intimate imagery, or attacking women because they're women).
5: Data protection and privacy violations
Exposing private contact or identification details without consent.
6: Illegal or harmful speech
Defaming an individual or targeting a group based on common protected traits (e.g., race, religion, sexuality).
7: Intellectual property infringements
Unauthorized upload of copyrighted tests or trademarked assets.
8: Negative effects on civic discourse or elections
Fabricated educational quizzes spreading political propaganda.
9: Protection of minors
Grooming attempts, illicit imagery, or dangerous social media challenges.
10: Risk for public security
Content aimed to recruit for terror groups or spread dangerous public health lies (e.g., vaccine misinformation)
11: Scams and/or fraud
Phishing links or impersonating admins.
12: Self-harm
Content that promotes self-harm versus simply discussing mental health educationally or seeking help.
13: Unsafe, non-compliant or prohibited products
Advertising illegal drugs, weapons, or vapes.
14: Violence
Promoting or threatening mass harm.
15: Other violation of provider's terms and conditions
Content violating Kahoot's family-friendly guidelines but not strictly illegal (e.g., profanity).
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2 comments
I have flagged a kahoots that were literally duplicates. Duplicating and adding nothing new nor editing anything is a waste of time and server space. Some kahoots that I flagged the user even edited a question or two to have an incorrect answer, other users have just deleted one question from the duplicate to seem like they edit did anything substantial.
Hi LuckyESL! As long as the content isn't violating laws or our terms and conditions, duplicating public kahoots is fine.
Unless a kahoot contains false information that can reasonably be considered defamation, discrimination, or risking negative effects on civic discourse, elections, or public safety, there is no need to flag kahoots due to containing incorrect answers.
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