Meridian Photographers

Safety

Report something we host

We host photographers’ websites, client galleries, journals, Find a photographer listings and shared poses. If you see something on one of them that is illegal or harmful, or that uses your work or your image without permission, tell us. You do not need an account, and you do not need to be the person affected.

Report content

If someone is in danger now

  • Call Triple Zero (000) if anyone is in immediate danger.
  • Child sexual abuse or exploitation: report it to the Australian Federal Police’s Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) at accce.gov.au/report. Do not copy, screenshot, save or send the material itself, to us or anyone: give the web address only.
  • Image-based abuse, cyberbullying of a child, adult cyber abuse, or illegal and restricted content: you can report it to the eSafety Commissioner at esafety.gov.au/report, as well as to us.
  • To tell the police something in confidence: Crime Stoppers, 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au.

What we do with a report

  • A person reads every report. Nothing is taken down or deleted automatically because of a report: we look first.
  • If it breaks the law or our terms, we take down just that photograph, gallery or page. The rest of the photographer’s site keeps working, and nothing is deleted.
  • Child sexual abuse material is taken down at once, kept for the police, and referred to the Australian Federal Police, as the law requires of a host.
  • A removal notice from the eSafety Commissioner is acted on within 24 hours, or any longer time the notice allows.
  • We tell the photographer what was taken down and why, so they can respond, unless telling them could put someone at risk or harm a police matter. We tell you what we did, unless that would put someone at risk.

Use the report form and choose Copyright. Tell us who you are and how to reach you, which work is yours, the web address of each page or photograph, and why it is not authorised. Confirm that you believe this in good faith, and that the information is accurate and you own the copyright or act for the owner. The photographer can send a counter-notice; the terms say how that works.

Safety and legal contact

The eSafety Commissioner, the police and anyone sending a legal notice can reach our safety and legal contact at support@meridianphotographers.com. Everyone else, please use the report form: it gives you a reference and a way to follow the report.

The eSafety Commissioner

The eSafety Commissioner is Australia’s independent regulator for online safety. You can report serious online abuse, image-based abuse and illegal or restricted content to eSafety directly, at esafety.gov.au, whether or not you have reported it to us.

What may and may not be published on sites we host is set out in our terms.