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Pillar Three

💬 Communication

Children are social. VML Kids gives them a safe place to communicate — with verified family members, parent-approved friends, registered classmates and school staff. Every contact is verified. Every conversation is moderated. No strangers, ever.

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Verified Contacts Only

Who children can communicate with

Every person a child communicates with on VML Kids has been verified. There is no open messaging, no public chat, and no ability to communicate with unverified individuals. Communication is a privilege of the VML Kids identity-verified network.

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Family Members
Registered family members — parents, guardians, grandparents, siblings — who have their own verified VML Kids accounts and have been approved by the resident parent.
Verified • Pre-approved
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Approved Friends
Friends whose parents have both approved the connection. Both children must be on VML Kids with verified accounts, and both sets of parents must approve the friendship before any communication is possible.
Dual parent approval required
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School Classmates
Children registered at the same school gain access to a moderated class communication area — set up and supervised by the school's registered VML Kids administrator.
School-administered • Moderated
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Registered Teachers
Verified, DBS-checked teachers registered through the schools integration can communicate with their registered pupils — for homework, coursework and educational support only.
DBS verified • Monitored
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Moderators
VML Kids trained moderators can communicate with children where a concern has been flagged — always in a transparent, recorded channel visible to the child's parent.
Trained staff • Fully audited
Friend Approval Process

How a friendship is approved

No child can simply add another child as a friend. Every connection requires a deliberate, multi-step approval process involving both sets of parents.

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Child A requests a connection with Child B

The child sends a connection request. This does not go directly to Child B — it goes to Child A's parent for review first.

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Parent A reviews and approves the request

Parent A sees who their child wants to connect with, including the other child's verified name and school. They approve or decline.

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Parent B receives the request and approves

Only if Parent A approves does the request reach Parent B. Parent B must also approve before any connection is established.

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Connection established — moderated communication begins

Only once both parents have approved can the children communicate. All messages pass through moderation. Either parent can remove the connection at any time.

Moderation Architecture

Every message is monitored

Communication on VML Kids is not private in the way an adult messaging app is private. Children and parents are informed clearly that messages pass through moderation. This is not surveillance — it is safeguarding.

✅All messages screened by AI filters before delivery
✅Flagged messages reviewed by trained human moderators
✅Parents notified of any flagged content immediately
✅No image sharing without parental approval setting
✅No location data shared in any message
✅Full message history accessible to parents at any time
✅Escalation pathway to safeguarding team and authorities
✅Children can report any message with a single tap

No strangers. Ever.

There is no mechanism on VML Kids for an unknown adult — or an unknown child — to contact your child. No public profiles, no open search, no unsolicited messages. Every contact your child has on VML Kids is someone a parent has already approved. That is not an accident. It is the architecture.

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