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Reporting a person

Report a person or a message to ACADA; a person reads it within 1 business day for urgent reasons, otherwise within 3.

Report a person from the … menu on their portfolio, or a message with Report this message beside it. A person at ACADA reads every report, and the person you reported is not told who reported them.

How to report someone

  1. 1.

    Open the … menu on their portfolio and choose Report.

  2. 2.

    Choose a reason under Reason.

  3. 3.

    Add anything that helps under Additional details (optional), then choose Submit report.

The reasons

ReportingReasons
A personProhibited content; Violence, threats or hate; Self-harm or suicide; Harassment or bullying; Spam account; Scam or fraud; Impersonation; Trademark or brand misuse; Child safety; Other.
A messageProhibited content; Violence, threats or hate; Self-harm or suicide; Harassment or bullying; Spam; Scam or fraud; Child safety; Other.

What happens next

  • Child safety, Prohibited content, Violence, threats or hate, Self-harm or suicide and Scam or fraud are read within 1 business day. Everything else is read within 3 business days.
  • We act under the Community Guidelines where a report shows a breach, and tell you when yours has been handled.
  • For a course, or a submission that is not the student's own, report the course or the submission. See Reporting people, messages and courses.

If something goes wrong

"You have already reported this…"
You can report the same person or message once every 24 hours. We look at your first report.
"Sign in to report this."
Reports need an account.

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