Trust & safety at Helm

Social media your family is actually safe on.

Helm is interest media built for families first. Kids and teens get COPPA-safe accounts, parents get real controls that the platform actually enforces, and nobody gets ads or has their data sold. Here is exactly how it works, no vague promises, just the tools.

The Helm family crew of mascots
Safe by design

Protection is the product, not a setting.

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COPPA-safe kid & teen accounts

Kids and Teens are real Who it's for on Helm, built COPPA-safe from the ground up, not adult accounts with a filter bolted on.

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Parental controls that hold

Screen-time limits, downtime hours, and who-can-DM settings live in one parent dashboard. Set them once and Helm enforces them.

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Allowlist DM safety

Kids and teens can only message people on their approved list. Strangers cannot slide into a child's DMs, the door simply is not there.

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Approvals queue

Requests from your kids land in a parent approvals queue. You say yes or no before anything moves, right from your dashboard.

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Family-only Live

Kids and teens can go live to family only. Parents are notified, and any stream can be stopped with one tap.

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Moderation + guidelines

Reporting tools and moderation backed by clear community guidelines, applied consistently across the platform.

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No ads. No data sales.

Helm does not run ads and never sells your data. There is no advertiser pipeline for your family's information to leak into.

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You own your data

Your content, your audience, your information, yours. Read exactly how we handle it in our privacy policy.

Parental controls

The controls behind every kid account.

This is the real panel a parent uses. Set the limits once and Helm enforces them on the very next tap, no add-ons, no upsell, no guesswork.

  • Daily screen-time budget with downtime hours
  • Who-can-DM locked to family or approved-only
  • Post approval routed through your approvals queue
Sign up and set yours
Nova's controls
@nova ยท teen account
Today's screen time42 / 120 min
Downtime hours
Blocks posts, follows & DMs
Who can DM
Family onlyFamily + approved
Require post approval
The approvals queue

Nothing moves without a parent's yes.

Your kids' requests wait in one tidy queue on your family dashboard. Approve or decline each one in a tap, you always know what is being asked, and nothing slips past you.

  • Every request in one place, newest first
  • One tap to approve, one tap to decline
  • Works alongside allowlist DM safety for kids and teens
See the family dashboard
Approvals
3 waiting for you
Nova ยท new post
"My robotics build, part 2"
ApproveDecline
Jasper ยท DM contact
Add cousin Ember to allowlist
ApproveDecline
Nova ยท reward redeem
Movie night ยท 30 stars
ApproveDecline
Family-only Live

Go live to the people at the dinner table.

Kids and teens can stream on Helm, to family only. The moment a stream starts, parents are notified. And if anything ever feels off, one tap ends the stream instantly. That is the whole flow.

  • Family-only audience option for kid and teen streams
  • Parent notified when the stream begins
  • One-tap stop, any time, from the parent's phone
How Live works on Helm
Two Helm mascots streaming together safely
Your data, your rules

No ads. No data sales. You own your data.

Helm is interest media, your feed follows what you love, not what an advertiser paid for. We do not run ads and we never sell your data, so there is nothing pulling the platform's incentives away from your family. The details are in plain English in our privacy policy.

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Read the privacy policy
Getting started

Set up a safe account in three steps.

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Sign up as a parent

Create your free account at Sign up and choose the Parents account type. That unlocks your family dashboard.

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Add your kids and teens

Create COPPA-safe Kids and Teens accounts linked to yours. Set screen time, downtime, and who-can-DM for each child.

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Approve as you go

Requests arrive in your approvals queue. You stay in the loop with a tap, and family-only Live keeps streams inside the household.

Safety questions

Straight answers for parents.

Is Helm safe for kids and teens?
Yes, by design. Kids and Teens are dedicated COPPA-safe Who it's for. DMs are allowlist-only, parent requests route through an approvals queue, live streaming can be family-only with parent notification and one-tap stop, and moderation is backed by clear community guidelines.
What parental controls does Helm have?
From one family dashboard, parents set daily screen-time limits, downtime hours, and who-can-DM for each child, approve requests in the approvals queue, and stop a child's live stream with one tap.
Can strangers message my child?
No. Kid and teen DMs use an allowlist: only contacts a parent has approved can message them. If someone is not on the list, the conversation cannot start.
Does Helm show ads or sell data?
No ads, and no data sales, ever. You own your data on Helm. Our privacy policy spells it out in plain English.
What is interest media?
Interest media is Helm's model for social media you actually own: your feed is matched to interests you pick, you control your algorithm, and you own your audience and your data, with no ads and no data sales steering the experience.
Safety runs through everything

One safe home for the whole family.

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Live

Streams, gifts, and Leagues, with family-only mode for kids and teens. Explore Live

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Shop

Live social shopping with family spend-approval on kid and teen purchases. Explore Shop

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Podcasts

Audio and video shows you can follow and rate, in the same safe home. Explore Podcasts

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Families

Chores and stars, meal planner, shared calendar, rewards, plus every control on this page. Explore Families

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Leagues

Weekly leagues and profile rings that celebrate creators without ads in sight. Explore Leagues

Own your place online

Bring your family somewhere built for them.

Free to join. Real parental controls, allowlist DMs, family-only Live, and a feed with no ads and no data sales. Set it up in minutes.