FOR PARENTS
We built the safest Minecraft server we knew how to build.
Straight talk: the internet is not safe by default, and neither is public Minecraft. Here’s exactly what we do so parents can feel good about their kids playing here.
AI-moderated chat, in real time
Every chat message on every server is streamed to our moderation pipeline the moment it’s typed. A large-language-model classifier scores it for grooming patterns, sexual content, drug & alcohol talk, harassment, self-harm references, personal-info exchange (addresses, phone numbers, socials), and profanity. High-severity flags are shown to a human moderator within seconds and the sender is auto-muted until reviewed.
Realistic scope: this is high-recall flagging, not omniscient certainty. Human moderators make the call on every serious incident. Confirmed CSAM is reported to the NCMEC CyberTipline, as U.S. law requires.
Copied in triplicate. Kept for life.
Every chat line and every player action (login, block placed, item traded, world joined) is written to three independent stores at the moment it happens:
- The main game database.
- A hash-chained, append-only audit log (tampering is detectable).
- External cold storage in a separate provider network.
Every child has a lifetime record. Parents can request a full, signed PDF export at any time. We never silently delete a message — if we remove one from a chat window, the original is still in the log.
Verified parental consent (COPPA)
For any kid under 13 we follow COPPA’s verifiable-parental-consent rule. That means a parent signs up first, we run a $0.50 authorization on the parent’s credit card (immediately voided — you’re not charged), and only then is the child account activated. The card auth is the FTC-accepted “monetary transaction” verification method.
Human moderators, not just a bot
Our moderator dashboard shows every AI flag in a live queue. Real people review, mute, kick, ban, and — when it’s bad — contact the parent and, where appropriate, law enforcement or NCMEC. We’d rather over-react to a false positive than under-react to grooming.
What we do NOT do
- We do not run behavioral ads on child accounts.
- We do not sell or share any child data. Ever.
- We do not allow voice chat in free public worlds.
- We do not let kids exchange contact info in chat — the AI will flag phone numbers, emails, socials, and addresses automatically.
Ads (yes, we run them — here’s how)
Free public worlds have small, passive, non-interrupting ad slots in the lobby web UI. Most are our own house ads (“upgrade to a private server,” “check out techhaulers.com”). We also run Google AdSense for Games with the “made for kids” flag on, which means non-personalized, pre-approved kid-safe ads. Private servers are ad-free.
Have a concern? Contact us directly.
Email safety@techhaulers.com — a human reads every one. For urgent safety issues, we respond within 4 hours.