Last updated October 15, 2026
56k is a free chat and social app with a late-90s feel: chat rooms, Instant Messages, a Friends list, mail, a friends feed, and member profiles. It is available on the web at 56k.app and as an app for iPhone and Android, for members 13 and older.
Who runs 56k
56k is developed and operated by Michael Freeman, an independent developer in the United States.
Contact
Help, safety, privacy, and account questions: support@56k.app
Business and partnerships: michael.freeman@56k.app
Law enforcement requests: email support@56k.app with “Law Enforcement Request” in the subject line.
Keeping members safe
Every member can report or block anyone, and 56k staff review every report. Each chat room has a host that keeps floods, spam, and slurs out, and room moderators can mute or remove people.
Public chat, and messages involving members under 18, are checked by an automated system for harassment, threats, grooming, and self-harm. Every uploaded picture is checked before anyone can see it, and nudity, sexual content, and gore are refused.
Members 13 to 17 get extra protections: only people they have added can message them, pictures in mail only travel between them and accepted friends, and 18+ rooms are closed to them.
We report apparent child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) through its CyberTipline, as U.S. law requires, and we preserve the evidence for law enforcement.