Know how MyLOL is designed to protect your teen.
You are probably here because your teenager asked to join something you have never heard of. This page is written for that moment. It explains what MyLOL is, how it is built, what we can control and what we cannot.
MyLOL is a private subscription social network. Members build a profile, add music, share photos, write blog posts, join groups around their interests and chat with friends. It is closer to the social web of a decade ago than to an endless algorithmic feed.
MyLOL runs two entirely separate communities: Teen MyLOL, for eligible members ages 13–17 depending on their country, and Adult MyLOL, for members 18 and over. They are separate products sharing a name — not one network with an age setting.
This page focuses on the controls and boundaries we can describe accurately today.
See also our Safety page and the Community Guidelines your teen agrees to.
What is MyLOL?
MyLOL is a social network built around personality and shared interests rather than reach. Your teen's experience is made up of the things they choose to build and the people they choose to add.
A profile they design
Themes, colours, layout and a bio. Profiles are meant to feel personal, the way a bedroom wall does.
Friends and Top Friends
A friends list, plus a small set of Top Friends they pick and reorder.
Music
A profile song and shared playlists — one of the most-used parts of the product.
Groups and communities
Interest groups: music, gaming, art, film, books, photography, sport.
Chat and messages
One-to-one and group conversations, subject to the messaging protections below.
Photos and albums
Albums that stay put rather than disappearing after a day.
Blogs and guestbooks
Longer posts, and short notes left on a friend's profile.
What MyLOL is not: it is not built around anonymous strangers meeting each other, and it is not built around adults meeting teenagers. Teen MyLOL is a teen-only environment. Adults are not part of it.
Who can use Teen MyLOL?
Teen MyLOL is intended for members ages 13–17 who are eligible in their country. Being 13–17 is not, by itself, enough — eligibility has to be checked country by country, because the law is genuinely different from one place to the next.
Nobody under 13
MyLOL does not knowingly allow accounts for children under 13 anywhere. Accounts we identify as under-13 are removed.
Eligibility varies by country
Minimum ages and parental-consent rules for social accounts differ from one country to the next. Where a country sets a higher bar than 13, that higher bar is what applies.
Eligibility is checked at sign-up
Registration asks for country of residence first, then date of birth, then returns an eligibility result before any account exists.
If you want to know whether Teen MyLOL is available where you live, the registration flow determines eligibility before an account is created.
Teens and adults are separated
This is the question most parents actually want answered, so here it is directly. Can an adult on MyLOL message your teenager? No — not through the product. Adult MyLOL accounts and Teen MyLOL accounts are in separate environments and there is no messaging, friending, following, searching or discovery path between them.
They cannot find each other
Search, browsing, suggestions and community listings are limited to the member's own community.
They cannot see each other's profiles
Profiles, albums, blogs and guestbooks are viewable only inside the community they belong to.
They cannot message each other
There is no message, friend request, follow or invite path across the boundary.
They cannot share groups or rooms
Groups and chat rooms belong to one community. An invite link cannot pull someone across.
The honest limit: this separation controls what MyLOL accounts can do. It cannot control someone who lies convincingly at registration and passes age assurance, and it cannot control what happens if your teen moves a conversation to another app. That is why age assurance, moderation and reporting all exist on top of separation, and why we ask families to talk about off-platform contact.
How age verification works
We use age assurance, which means several signals rather than a single self-reported birthday. We deliberately do not publish the details of our checks or our risk scoring, because doing so would help people work around them.
At a high level: registration establishes country and date of birth and returns an eligibility decision. Depending on the country, the age band and the risk signals attached to a sign-up, we may require an additional check before an account is activated.
No age assurance system is perfect, and we will not tell you ours is. It is designed to make entering the wrong community substantially harder, and to catch people who try.
Photos and media
Nudity, sexual imagery and sexualised content are prohibited across MyLOL, in both communities. There is no adult content area and no paid intimate content anywhere on this network.
Human review
Flagged images are decided by trained reviewers rather than by automation alone.
Prohibited content
Nudity, sexually explicit imagery, sexualised posing, graphic violence and shock content are removed.
Reporting
Any member can report any photo. Reports are confidential.
Removal and enforcement
Confirmed violations are removed and the account faces enforcement, up to permanent removal.
No scanning system detects everything. Reports from members are still one of the most effective safety signals we have, which is why we make reporting easy and never punish someone for reporting.
Private messaging
Private messages are where most harm happens on any social platform, so this is worth reading carefully.
Who can message your teen
Only other members of the teen community. Adults have no messaging path into Teen MyLOL.
Blocking
Immediate, silent, and available in every conversation. Blocking stops messaging, profile access and discoverability.
Reporting
Any message or conversation can be reported to the safety team.
The verified position: teen and adult communities are separate, so adults have no messaging path into Teen MyLOL; any message or conversation can be blocked or reported; and reported content is reviewed against the Community Guidelines.
Location
MyLOL connects people through interests, not proximity. Precise location is not part of the teen experience.
Rules for members
Sharing addresses, schools, timetables or photos revealing them is against our Community Guidelines, and asking a teen for that information is reportable.
Reporting, blocking and getting help
Your teen does not need proof or certainty to report something. Two actions are available throughout the product.
Report
Available on profiles, messages, photos, posts, blogs, guestbook entries and groups. The person reported is never told who reported them.
Block
Immediate and silent. It stops contact, hides the profile and prevents that person finding them again. No explanation required.
Both
Blocking protects your teen now; reporting protects everyone else. They can do both.
What parents can do
Use the reporting or help options inside MyLOL to raise a safety concern about your teen's account or someone they have encountered. You do not need your teen's permission to report a safety issue.
Emergencies
If anyone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first. You can also use the reporting options inside MyLOL where appropriate.
What happens after a report
Reports are reviewed against the Community Guidelines, and serious safety concerns can be escalated.
Outcomes range from no action, through content removal, warnings and feature restrictions, to temporary suspension or permanent removal of the account. Serious safety concerns are escalated internally for review.
Escalation
High-risk cases go to a specialist safety team with a defined escalation path.
Privacy
MyLOL is built as a subscription product rather than an advertising-first one. That shapes what we need to collect.
Data minimisation
We aim to collect what is needed to run the service, verify eligibility and keep members safe — and not to build a profile of your teen for targeting.
Your rights
You and your teen can request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal data, subject to the rights available in your country.
We are deliberately not printing a slogan like "we never sell your data" on this page. Claims of that kind belong in the Privacy Policy, where they are precise and binding, and we will not make one here that has not been verified against how the product actually operates.
What parents can and cannot see
We would rather be clear about this than let you assume something that is not true.
You cannot read your teen's messages
MyLOL does not offer a parent dashboard that shows private conversations, and we will not send message contents on request.
You do receive billing information
The billing contact receives receipts, renewal notices and can cancel.
You can request deletion
You can request deletion of your teen's account and associated personal data, subject to verification and the rights available in your country.
You can always raise a safety concern
Use the reporting or help options inside MyLOL at any time, about your own teen or about someone they have encountered.
The most effective parental control on any platform is the conversation you have at home. The second most effective is knowing that reporting works and that your teen will not be punished for using it.
Safety habits worth having at home
None of this is specific to MyLOL. It travels with your teen to every app they will ever use.
Keep contact details and location off the profile
No address, school, phone number or timetable — including in the background of photos.
Be wary of moving off-platform
Protections only apply where the product is. Someone in a hurry to move a conversation elsewhere is worth a second look.
Never send intimate images
Not to anyone, not once. And if it has already happened, the right response is help, not punishment — tell us and tell a trusted adult.
Report uncomfortable behaviour early
There is no threshold to meet. "This felt weird" is a good enough reason.
Agree who the trusted adult is
Teens tell someone when they know in advance who that someone is and that the reaction will not be to take the phone away.
Protect the password
Unique password, never shared, not even with a best friend. Account access is how a lot of harm starts.
Questions parents ask us
Short answers, with the limits included.
Is MyLOL a dating site?+
No. MyLOL is a social network for friendship, music, groups, photos and chat. Adult MyLOL members are free to date each other if they want to, as adults on any social network are. Teen MyLOL is not a dating product, and romantic or sexual solicitation of teen members is prohibited and enforced against.
Can adults contact my teenager?+
Not through MyLOL. Adult MyLOL and Teen MyLOL are separate environments with no messaging, friending, search or discovery path between them. What we cannot control is someone who lies at registration and gets past age assurance, or a conversation your teen moves to another app — which is why age assurance, moderation and reporting exist alongside separation.
What happens if my child reports someone?+
The report is reviewed against the Community Guidelines by a person, and serious safety concerns can be escalated. Outcomes range from content removal to permanent account removal. The person reported is never told who reported them, and your child is never penalised for reporting.
If something goes wrong
Reporting is built into the product, so your teen never has to find the right address to get a person involved.
Report from the content
Every profile, message, photo and post can be reported. Reports go to our moderation team for review against the Community Guidelines.
Block immediately
Blocking stops contact straight away and needs no explanation. Your teen can block and report the same account.
Read the rules together
Our Community Guidelines and Safety page set out what is allowed and what happens when it isn't.
If anyone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first.