diff --git a/docs/verification.md b/docs/verification.md
index 6897df0..535bcbd 100644
--- a/docs/verification.md
+++ b/docs/verification.md
@@ -2775,3 +2775,10 @@ promoted.
   errors or warnings. Production and the frozen hackathon test still return
   `404` for `/child-safety` because neither deployment includes this later local
   revision.
+- The child-safety reporting action now opens the public content-removal form
+  with the CSAE/CSAM category already selected. The controller accepts only
+  category values declared by the notice schema and ignores unknown query
+  values. ExUnit covers both paths. A headed browser check followed the Russian
+  reporting action without submitting the form and observed the expected
+  `child_sexual_abuse_material` selection, no horizontal overflow, and zero
+  console errors or warnings.
diff --git a/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/content_removal_controller.ex b/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/content_removal_controller.ex
index cb60273..47951f7 100644
--- a/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/content_removal_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/content_removal_controller.ex
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.ContentRemovalController do
 
   def new(conn, params) do
     attrs =
-      case internal_location(params["location"]) do
-        nil -> %{}
-        location -> %{"content_locations" => location}
-      end
+      %{}
+      |> put_if_present("content_locations", internal_location(params["location"]))
+      |> put_if_present("category", permitted_category(params["category"]))
 
     render_form(conn, :general, %Notice{}, attrs)
   end
@@ -143,6 +142,16 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.ContentRemovalController do
     end
   end
 
+  defp put_if_present(attrs, _key, nil), do: attrs
+  defp put_if_present(attrs, key, value), do: Map.put(attrs, key, value)
+
+  defp permitted_category(category) when is_binary(category) do
+    if category in Enum.map(Ecto.Enum.values(Notice, :category), &Atom.to_string/1),
+      do: category
+  end
+
+  defp permitted_category(_category), do: nil
+
   defp current_email(%{assigns: %{current_scope: %{user: %{email: email}}}}), do: email
   defp current_email(_conn), do: nil
 
diff --git a/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_html/child_safety.html.heex b/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_html/child_safety.html.heex
index a41e5fd..36f6d90 100644
--- a/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_html/child_safety.html.heex
+++ b/lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_html/child_safety.html.heex
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
           )}
         </p>
         <div class="mt-4 flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row">
-          <.link href={~p"/legal/content-removal"} class="btn btn-error">
+          <.link
+            href={~p"/legal/content-removal?category=child_sexual_abuse_material"}
+            class="btn btn-error"
+          >
             {gettext("Report child-safety content")}
           </.link>
           <.link href={~p"/support"} class="btn btn-outline">
diff --git a/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs b/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
index d0a02f5..c04b443 100644
--- a/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/page_controller_test.exs
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.PageControllerTest do
     assert html =~ "Child safety standards"
     assert html =~ "child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE)"
     assert html =~ "National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children"
-    assert html =~ ~s(href="/legal/content-removal")
+
+    assert html =~
+             ~s(href="/legal/content-removal?category=child_sexual_abuse_material")
+
     assert html =~ ~s(href="/support")
     assert html =~ "Child safety standards · Who Need Help"
     assert html =~ "standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation"
diff --git a/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/support_controller_test.exs b/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/support_controller_test.exs
index 8b0de07..5220141 100644
--- a/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/support_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/who_need_help_web/controllers/support_controller_test.exs
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.SupportControllerTest do
                get(conn, ~p"/legal/content-removal?location=/requests/specific-id"),
                200
              ) =~ "/requests/specific-id"
+
+      child_safety =
+        html_response(
+          get(
+            conn,
+            ~p"/legal/content-removal?category=child_sexual_abuse_material"
+          ),
+          200
+        )
+
+      assert child_safety =~
+               ~s(<option selected value="child_sexual_abuse_material">Sexual material involving a minor</option>)
+
+      invalid_category =
+        html_response(get(conn, ~p"/legal/content-removal?category=not-a-real-category"), 200)
+
+      refute invalid_category =~ ~s(<option selected value="not-a-real-category">)
     end
 
     test "creates support request without exposing its status token in the redirect", %{