Join the global network of online harm Reporters

CleanDNS is an abuse management and online harm mitigation solution, working with DNS and website infrastructure entities to report, evidence, and mitigate DNS Abuse and online harms.

We partner with industry providers, cybersecurity organizations, researchers, governments, and more to streamline remediation by integrating with our clients to root out abuse for good. Our current portfolio consists of over 660+ TLDs protected and more than 63-million domains under management. We work with our global network of Trusted Reporters to evidence and mitigate online harms. Around the world, cybersecurity companies, non-profits, governments, researchers, and individuals partner with CleanDNS and submit reports to help mitigate online harms quickly and efficiently. Partnering with CleanDNS ensures that the abusive domains you detect and report are not only submitted to an organization to swiftly mitigate harm, but are actively addressed by the appropriate parties to prevent additional online harms from occurring, all through the appropriate channels.

Start making the Internet a safer place today! Contact our team and start now.

Our global Reporter network is vital in detecting and mitigating online harms worldwide.

CleanDNS has the unique ability to mitigate abusive domains directly on behalf of our infrastructure clients where possible and within policy, or escalate them to the proper party for mitigation where appropriate. Our completely free Reporter program allows Reporters with a proven track record of well-evidenced abuse reports to submit reports directly to our API for swift mitigation. This program is available to any entities or individuals that detect harms and are willing to submit well-evidenced evidenced, actionable reports. Contact our team for more information in getting started.

CleanDNS values well-evidenced, high quality, unique abuse reports from our global network of Trusted Reporters.

Push Reports and Track Status

Reporters can integrate our API into their detection and mitigation process for efficient reporting, and query our API to track the status of reports and receive feedback. Generally, CleanDNS can accept abuse reports for both gTLDs and ccTLDs.

Direct Impact

By submitting actionable, well-evidenced reports, CleanDNS Trusted Reporters are contributing to the mission of making the Internet a better, safer place for all.

Free & Easy

There are no fees for this service! Simply send us an inquiry and samples of your reports. After review and sandbox integration, you can get started in production almost immediately.

Getting started as a Reporter

Reporters begin with the ability to submit reports to the CleanDNS sandbox API environment and are upgraded to our production environment once report submissions are deemed high-quality, well-evidenced, and actionable.

CleanDNS considers high-quality abuse reports to consist of the following factors:

  • Well-evidenced reports of DNS Abuse (to review DNS Abuse definition: (https://dnsabuseframework.org)

  • Inclusion of screenshots where appropriate

  • Reports are formatted based on the documentation

  • Appropriate use of the abuse type

Do your part in making the Internet a better, safer place by reporting online harms. The CleanDNS Reporter program allows you to be a part of the streamlined mitigation of verified-abusive domains. By submitting actionable, well-evidenced reports, you are contributing to the mission of making the Internet a better, safer place for all. We hope you will you join us in our mission to clean up the Internet and reduce online harm victimization.

Interested in other partnership opportunities with CleanDNS? Contact us to learn more.

As an industry leader in online harm mitigation and abuse management practices and policy, partnering with CleanDNS positions your organization as a contributor to the mission of cleaning up the Internet, and taking actionable steps to reduce victimization of online harms. Partnering with CleanDNS ensures that the abusive domains you detect and report are not only submitted to an organization to swiftly mitigate harm, but are actively addressed by the appropriate parties to prevent additional online harms from occurring, all through the appropriate channels. Join us in Cleaning Up the Internet for Good!