community guidelines

Community guidelines

Our Services are used by an international and diverse community. Our goal is to create a community that encourages and supports the participation of all users.

When using our services, you must:

• Treat others with respect.
• Provide accurate information about yourself.
• Provide translations only when you are confident they are accurate.
• Only verify stories, reports, or content after you sincerely believe you have discovered evidence that they are true.
• Notify us if you suspect there has been unauthorized use of your account.
• Respect copyrights, trademarks, and other legal rights.

When using our Services, you may not:

• Post translations that you know to be false or misleading.
• Verify content or reports that you know to be false or misleading.
• Post advertising or promotional materials, including junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unsolicited or unwelcome solicitation.
• Post original content that is harmful, offensive, obscene, or abusive. We understand that some content requiring verification through Check may be offensive to some users.
• Post original content that is invasive of privacy, false or misleading, or defamatory.
• Encourage dangerous or illegal activities.
• Post original content that is designed to incite violence.
• Post original content designed to harass, intimidate, or discriminate.
• Make threats against specific individuals or groups of people.
• Impersonate other people or groups, regardless of whether they use our Services.
• Sell or transfer your account except as outlined in our Terms of Service.