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Reporting abuse or inappropriate content in a comment or posting


Resolution

To report a comment that you feel is abusive, inappropriate, or in violation of the Yahoo! Terms of Service:

  1. Locate the comment and click the Report Abuse link for that comment. (You may also see a Flag icon. When selected a Report Abuse link will appear. )
    - If you are asked to sign in, sign in and click the Report Abuse link again.
  2. Click Report Abuse.

  3. Reporting abuse on an article comment
  4. For particularly serious forms of abuse: Click the "here" link in the last sentence of the "Thank You!" message.

Successful Submission of an Abuse report. Requires one more click.

  1. Select the type of violation you are reporting.

Type of Violation Screen - Reporting Abuse

  1. Click Report to submit.

This is the only method Yahoo! uses to investigate abuse reports. Yahoo! Customer Care will check the specific comment for a violation of the Yahoo! Terms of Service and take appropriate action. You will not be notified of the outcome of our investigation.


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Last updated: May 01, 2013
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