What are Flickr content filters?

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Flickr is a global community where one thing which is appropriate for you may not be for others. Moderate your content. All content on Flickr, public and private, has to be appropriately moderated as "safe", "moderate", or "restricted" using our safety and content filters. Learn how to manage the safety levels of your photos on Flickr. There are 2 types of filters that you need to use for your content.

Safety Level

  • Safe - Content suitable for a global, public audience
  • Moderate - If you're not sure whether your content is suitable for a global, public audience but you think that it doesn't need to be restricted per se, this category is for you
  • Restricted - This is content you probably wouldn't show to your mum, and definitely shouldn't be seen by kids

Content Type

  • Photos / Videos
  • Illustration/Art / Animation/CGI or other non-photographic images, or
  • Screencasts / Screenshots

When you upload content to Flickr, you need to choose where it "fits" in these 2 categories. For example, if you want to upload a screenshot of a web page or an online game, you can, but you need to flag it as a screenshot.

Putting your content into these categories means that everyone can then apply filters to searches they do to make sure they're seeing what they want to see.