About Event Types (Risk Categories)

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Monitor applies the following risk categories to the user content reviewed by our moderators.

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The risk category is displayed in the Event Type with the Risk Level in Events.

Profile Description
Offensive User Communicates with:
  • Profanity (without bullying or threats)
  • Distressing and objectionable subjects or images
Sexual Content Frequent sharing of: 
  • Sex talk, sexual overtures or innuendos 
  • Explicit images, video or text
Vulnerable Person Expresses:
  • Credible threats of suicide, suicidal ideation, or self-harm 
  • A current risk of sexual or physical abuse offline
  • Suffering from an untreated eating disorder
  • Severely distressed or traumatised 
Bullying/Violence Uses online content to:
  • Intimidate, threaten or harass others online
  • Encourage others to exclude individuals
  • Shame, humiliate or embarrass an individual by posting visual or text content
  • Repeatedly engage in the public abuse or malicious criticism of others
Oversharer Exposes data about themselves or another person:
  • Personally identifiable information
  • Contact details or location
  • Login or financial information
Grooming Interacts as a suspected person 18 or older to:
  • Desensitise and normalise a minor to sexual discussion or imagery
  • Establish trust with a minor by offering sympathy
  • Encourage a minor to share contact or identity information
  • Request images or video from a minor
  • Attempt an offline meeting with a minor
Terrorism/Extremism

Threatens to:

  • Harm, kidnap or execute a person
  • Participate in acts of terrorism including biological attacks, bombing, vandalism or arson

Promotes violence, intimidation or terrorist activities with:

  • Political, ideological or religious propaganda
  • Rationalisation or moral duty
  • Targeting and demonising groups by their perceived identities
General Risk Contains concerning or unusual activity that does not fit the predefined risk categories, but should be reviewed by your school.

 

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