4D HYPE prohibits Contributions of controlling or coercive behaviour i.e. coercing and controlling partners, former partners, or their children and prohibits Contributions of abuse targeting the family and friends of partners, former partners, or their children as this could be used as a way extend abuse and increase omnipresence of Controlling or Coercive Behaviour. CCB occurs where the victim and the perpetrator are personally connected and can manifest when repeatedly or continuously engaging in behaviour that is controlling or coercive, putting the victim in fear of violence or causing them serious alarm or distress. Coercive behaviour can be an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten those in intimate or family contexts. Controlling behaviour includes a range of acts designed to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape, and regulating their everyday behaviour. Patterns of behaviour that amount to CCB can include harmful acts that often encompass other offences. A case of CCB might include cyberstalking, harassment, manipulation and threats of violence, intimate image abuse, hatred towards minorities and other protected groups, and child sexual exploitation and abuse, therefore because of the overlap of prohibitions and information from other policies, we may link prohibitions found therein and cross reference these with other prohibitions and information found in Do not threaten, stalk, harass, abuse or bully , Do not send threatening communications , Do not impersonate an individual or entity , Intimate Image Abuse and Sexual exploitation of adults as additional evidence to provide a comprehensive view of CCB and then use this to allow us to make judgements on whether Contributions are violate or not.

The risks of harm from controlling or coercive Behaviour (CCB) are broad and can be life- threatening; they can affect a victim’s or survivor’s mental health, and affect their life in other ways, including their income. And have substantial adverse effects on their usual day-to-day activities (in reference to all the aforementioned prohibitions, we also prohibit Contributions attempting, conspiring, encouraging, assisting, or aiding and abetting the commission and/or facilitation of these).

If you are logged in to your 4D HYPE account, you can submit a report for any Contributions that contain or may violate these prohibitions. To submit a report directly from a Contributions page, click ‘Make report’, from the ‘Send report’ box select ‘This is abusive or harassing’ and then select the most relevant option from the available report types.

If you don't have a 4D HYPE account, you can always submit a report here by selecting ‘Report Content Policy Violation’ from the drop down list under the ‘What do you need assistance with?‘ and then selecting ‘?’ from the drop down list under ‘Policy Violation: *’. When completing the form please include as much information as possible including the URL(s) where applicable of the Contributions within the ‘Details of inquiry: *’ box.