AI-powered Social Media Reporting with certified social workers. Report inappropriate interactions or activities online, and access prior account reports to make informed decisions before engaging in conversation or meeting in person.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Benson, one of the co-founders of Hawkeye! 🚀
📲 What is Hawkeye?
Hawkeye is an app that provides a robust user-driven reporting and alert system that works in 3 simple steps: first, users report predatory behavior with evidence, our team (supported by our advanced AI model) verifies the reports, and then data is used to create a public profile of the predator. Anyone can search up any user on Snapchat, Instagram, and Tinder to see their report history.
🔊 Why We Built This:
Imagine this: you receive an Instagram DM with an AI deepfaked explicit image of you, your IP address, and a threat to share it throughout your circle. Well, this happened to my friends and me, yet Instagram dismissed it in minutes as it had "no guideline violations." This is the unfortunate reality for 1 in 5 young adults on social media by the over 500,000+ active predators online every day. Because there was no app on the market to address this, we took it into our own hands!
🛠️ Key Features:
- Search: see other user's "risk score". With Hawkeye Premium, you can see all their full reports (details, dates, and more)
- Report: file reports (with evidence) of suspicious online behavior
- Personal Dashboard: keep track of the reports against you
- Appeal: see a false report? Send an appeal
What are your thoughts? Share your feedback, questions, or suggestions below, or connect with us on our socials!
Congratulations on launching an innovative solution for online safety! How do you ensure the accuracy and reliability of the reports generated by users compared to those verified by certified social workers?
Great product! What role does the "AI" play in this product? Is it a proprietary system or another service?
Congrats on the launch! As someone who has personally experienced threats of predation and sextortion online on social media platforms (along with numerous friends), this really hits home. Thank you for finally addressing this issue. Hawkeye is a unicorn!
The idea of having certified social workers involved in reporting online interactions is such a comforting feature.
Hawkeye is tackling an incredibly important issue with a smart, community-driven approach. Giving users the power to report and verify predatory behavior while maintaining transparency with appeals is a solid framework.
Social platforms have been slow to act on these threats, so having an independent tool like this could make a real impact. Wishing you all the best in refining and scaling this!
And sending lots of wins to the makers :) @benson_huang
It's good to see an appeal process in place, but will there be any safeguards against misuse?
This is a very meaningful product that everyone needs. Thank you for creating it on their behalf! Impressive. Congrats on the launch !🎉
This is a very meaningful product. Social media today is too chaotic, and their system can’t 100% identify harmful information. I know Hawkeye can create a public profile of the predator, can it also help report to the social media directly when there is enough data to prove the social account is harmful?
This is such a good idea. IMO, this should to the social media itself but it seems that they do not care so much (yeah, they have some parental controls program but I think that it is not enough).
About Hawkeye on Product Hunt
“Your online shield from predators, one report at a time”
Hawkeye launched on Product Hunt on February 7th, 2025 and earned 162 upvotes and 14 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. AI-powered Social Media Reporting with certified social workers. Report inappropriate interactions or activities online, and access prior account reports to make informed decisions before engaging in conversation or meeting in person.
Hawkeye was featured in Social Media (88.8k followers), Privacy (11k followers) and Security (2.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 30.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Hawkeye?
Hawkeye was hunted by Benson Huang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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