Child safety standards

We do not allow any content or behaviour that sexually exploits or endangers children, whatever the format: voice notes, transcripts, notes, replies, names, photos or links.

• Child sexual abuse material of any kind, including drawn, edited or computer-generated material.
• Grooming: building a relationship with a child to abuse or exploit them.
• Sextortion: threatening a child, or anyone, with intimate images.
• Sexualising children, including in comments, names or links.
• Trafficking or advertising children for any sexual purpose.
• Links to any of the above.

• In the app: open the ••• menu on the recommendation, reply, person or Pack, choose Report, then "Child safety".
• By email: write to our child-safety contact, safety@taareef.in. Include what you saw and where; don't attach the material itself.
• If a child is in immediate danger, contact the police or call 112 first. In India you can also report online child sexual abuse material at cybercrime.gov.in.

We aim to act on child-safety reports within 2 hours. We remove the content, preserve evidence as the law requires, ban the account and its phone number, and report to the competent authorities, including under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and the Information Technology Act, 2000, and to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) where appropriate. We cooperate with law enforcement.

• There are no public profiles or follower lists, and you can't search for people you don't already know.
• A recommendation from someone who isn't in your contacts arrives with a warning, doesn't play by itself, and can be blocked or reported straight away.
• Anyone can choose to receive recommendations only from their contacts.
• Voice notes and notes are screened for abuse, and people review reports.

Our designated child-safety point of contact can be reached at safety@taareef.in. They can speak to our child-safety practices and to how we comply with the law.