Watch groups with kids in them

When you invite someone to a watch group, you (or another manager of that group) can mark them as a kid. That shows a small “Kid” tag next to their name everywhere the group is displayed, so every adult in the group can see at a glance who they’re sharing recommendations, ratings, and chat with.

A child doesn’t set this flag themselves - it’s set by whoever manages the group, and only a manager can change it. Feature Night doesn’t independently verify anyone’s age; the flag reflects what the group’s manager has told us.

In a group marked as having a child in it, anything rated R, NC-17 or TV-MA needs a manager’s okay before it joins the shared watchlist - no matter who added it. The check is on the film, not on the person: an adult adding an 18-rated horror to a family group is held the same way a child’s pick would be, and a child adding a PG film isn’t held at all.

Two honest limits. Ratings come from TMDB and are patchy for older and non-US titles; an unrated title isn’t held, because gating on “we don’t know” would block a great many ordinary picks and teach people the flag means nothing. And this governs the group’s shared list only - a personal watchlist is private and nothing is held there.

These apply to every account, child or adult:

• Nothing is private to strangers, because there aren’t any. All content lives inside a watch group you were invited to. There is no public feed, no stranger messaging, and no way to find or be found by someone you don’t already share a group with.
• Everything typed is screened before it posts. Chat, title comments, recommendation notes, reviews, usernames and group names all pass through an automated check. Clear violations - sexual content involving minors, threats, graphic violence, self-harm instructions - are refused and never appear. Borderline content is allowed but flagged for a person to review.
• Anyone can report, and anyone can block. Every message has a flag control. Reports reach a moderator immediately and we aim to act within 24 hours. Blocking someone hides their posts from you without telling them or removing them from the group.
• Managers control membership. A group manager approves who joins, can remove members, and can delete the group entirely.

Being direct about the remaining limits matters more here than anywhere else on the site:

• It does not filter mature titles from what a child sees. Screening applies to what people write, not to the films and shows themselves - an adult in the group can still recommend an R-rated film, and a marked child will see it.
• It does not restrict what a marked child can post, beyond the same screening everyone gets.
• It does not require separate parental consent beyond whoever set up that child’s account.
• Avatar images are not machine-screened. They’re covered by reporting instead.

In short: the Kid tag is a visibility label to other adults, not a content filter. If you’re adding a child to a group where adults recommend mature content, assume they can see everything the rest of the group can see.

• Keep kid-inclusive watch groups separate from ones where adults share mature recommendations.
• Use the “Kid” tag as a signal to other adults in the group to keep what they post appropriate - not as a technical safeguard.
• A parent or guardian should be the one managing any account used by a child under 13.

A dedicated kid mode, and holding a child’s chat messages for a manager’s approval, are planned but not built yet. Maturity-rating approval on shared watchlists shipped and is described above. This page gets updated when things ship - and the limits get corrected to match, rather than quietly left stale.

Concerns about a specific interaction, or safety feedback in general? Email safety@featurenight.com. We aim to respond to safety reports within 24 hours.

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