Built for forums & communities

ForumGuard helps online forums detect
online safety and safeguarding risks.
Stay compliant. Protect your users.

ForumGuard reviews user posts for potential safeguarding risks and explains the reasoning behind each flag — helping you build proportionate systems, protect users, and maintain auditable records in line with the Online Safety Act.

Talk to the team See what we detect
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Automated detection
Flags user concerns urgently
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Prioritises urgency
Surfaces high-risk cues so teams act fast
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Assistive — humans in control
Designed to work alongside moderation

What ForumGuard monitors

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Safeguarding concerns

Signals linked to self-harm, abuse, grooming and mental-health distress — so moderators can intervene early and proportionately.

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Ofcom priority harms

Risk factors referenced in the Online Safety Act (e.g. hate speech, terrorism, illegal activity) with explainable, audit-friendly flags.

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Reporting & insights

See which harms affect your community most, track volumes over time, and export reports for stakeholders and audits.

ForumGuard assists moderation and does not provide legal advice.

Built to help you stay compliant with the Online Safety Act

Find what matters to Ofcom

  • Detects priority-harm risk factors
  • Risk based reportring system
  • Focuses your moderators’ time

Assistive tech, human decisions

  • Humans stay in control of outcomes
  • Context reduces noisy false positives
  • Fits your existing workflows

Evidence for audits

  • Timestamps, “why flagged”, case age
  • Trend reporting & simple exports
  • Helps demonstrate a robust approach
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Non-compliance carries serious penalties. ForumGuard helps forums show a clear, proportionate approach to priority harms under the Act — with explainability and reporting to back it up.

Next steps

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1) Meet our team

A quick call to understand your community, moderation setup, and goals. No commitment.

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2) Connect your forum

We work with your online community team or tech team to plug in via RSS or API. We only take what’s needed to triage.

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3) Fast support & rollout

Get up and running quickly — with immediate assurance and a clear evidence trail for reviewers and audits.

Contact us

Tell us about your forum and safeguarding goals. We’ll show how ForumGuard can support you.

Why teams choose ForumGuard

  • Finds harms Ofcom prioritises under the Act
  • Keeps humans in the loop with explanations
  • Reporting shows where risks are rising
  • Plugs in quickly (RSS/API) with light data use