Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) applies to all content uploaded, posted, transmitted, or otherwise shared through Bad Place, including the BadLine social feed, in-app messaging, community spaces, comments, profile fields, and any media (photos, videos, GIFs) hosted on our infrastructure. It binds every authenticated user of the platform regardless of jurisdiction or account age. Violations may result in content removal, temporary restrictions, permanent account termination, blacklisting of associated identifiers, and where applicable, referral to law enforcement.

The following content categories result in immediate and permanent account termination, hard deletion of all associated content, blacklisting of wallet address, email, IP address, and device fingerprint to prevent re-registration, and where legally required, escalation to relevant authorities. There is no appeal process for these categories:

• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form, real or computer-generated, including drawings, animations, deepfakes, and text-only descriptions involving minors in sexualized contexts.
• Any sexualized depiction or description of a person under 18 years of age, regardless of artistic style or claimed fictional context.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including “revenge porn” and deepfake nudity of identifiable individuals.
• Content produced from human trafficking, sexual exploitation, or modern slavery.
• Credible, specific threats of violence against named individuals or identifiable groups, including incitement to mass violence.
• Glorification of terrorism, mass shootings, or organized hate violence.

The following categories are not permitted and will be removed. Depending on severity and prior violations, enforcement ranges from content hiding behind a sensitivity warning, to time-limited posting restrictions, to permanent account termination:

• Explicit sexual content involving consenting adults displayed publicly without a sensitivity gate.
• Graphic violence and gore, including war footage, executions, torture, and mutilation displayed for shock value.
• Animal cruelty depicting harm, torture, or killing of animals.
• Self-harm and suicide content that depicts methods, glorifies, or instructs.
• Eating disorder promotion, including pro-ana, pro-mia, and similar communities.
• Hate speech targeting protected attributes including race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or serious medical condition.
• Harassment, doxing, and targeted abuse, including non-consensual sharing of private contact information, residential addresses, or workplace details.
• Illegal drug sales and procurement, including marketplaces, vendor listings, and explicit acquisition instructions.
• Weapons sales outside legal commerce, including ghost-gun instructions, 3D-print files for firearms, and explosives.
• Phishing, malware, and fraud, including fake login pages, malicious smart contracts, and pump-and-dump coordination.
• Cryptocurrency scams, including impersonation of projects, fake airdrops, wallet drainers, and rug-pull facilitation.
• Deepfakes and synthetic media presented as authentic depictions of real, identifiable people without consent and with intent to deceive or harm.
• Spam and platform manipulation, including coordinated inauthentic behavior, vote manipulation, and engagement farming via automation.

Bad Place operates a tiered enforcement system designed to educate first-time offenders while removing repeat violators. Outside of zero-tolerance categories (which result in immediate permanent termination), the strike ladder is:

• Strike 1: Content removed. Formal warning delivered via in-app system notification. No restriction on account.
• Strike 2: Content removed. 24-hour suspension from posting, replying, quoting, and reposting. Read access preserved.
• Strike 3: Content removed. 7-day suspension from all write actions. Read access preserved.
• Strike 4 and beyond: Manual admin review for potential permanent termination. A 7-day suspension is applied automatically pending decision.

Strikes do not expire automatically. Users may request strike review via the support ticket system if they believe enforcement was applied in error.

All user-uploaded media passes through a three-layer moderation pipeline before becoming visible on the platform:

• Layer 1 — Hash matching. Cryptographic and perceptual hashes are checked against Project Arachnid's verified CSAM database (operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection). Matches are blocked at upload, permanently terminate the account, and are escalated where required by law.
• Layer 2 — Visual classifier. A vision-language model evaluates each image against the categories listed in this policy. Confidence-weighted decisions determine whether content is allowed, hidden behind a sensitivity gate, queued for admin review, or blocked.
• Layer 3 — Platform self-ban list. Perceptual hashes of previously banned content are checked to prevent re-uploads.

Text content (posts, replies, profile fields) is reviewed reactively via user reports and proactively via heuristic flags. We do not pre-screen text for opinion content. Political, religious, and social commentary — including satire, parody, and harsh criticism of public figures — is protected and is not subject to removal absent a violation of this policy.

CSAM: Original media is never written to our storage. Detection results in immediate hard deletion. Only cryptographic and perceptual hashes are retained for the purpose of preventing re-upload, in accordance with industry standards for this category.

Non-CSAM moderation evidence: A 512×512 WebP thumbnail of removed content is retained for up to 30 days for the sole purpose of admin review and user appeals, after which it is automatically and permanently deleted.

Connection metadata: IP addresses associated with violations are retained for 6 months; user-agent strings for 12 months. Both are used exclusively for repeat-offender detection and ban evasion prevention.

Blacklisted identifiers: Wallet addresses, email hashes, and device fingerprints associated with permanently terminated accounts are retained indefinitely to prevent re-registration.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out for help. Bad Place is not a substitute for emergency services or mental-health support.

• International suicide prevention: findahelpline.com
• National Eating Disorders Association (US): 1-800-931-2237
• Emergency: Always call your local emergency services number.

We rely on user reports as a critical signal in our moderation pipeline. To report content that violates this policy:

• In-app: Long-press any post or open the overflow menu and select “Report.” Choose the most accurate category.
• Email — General abuse: [email protected]
• Email — Child safety (highest priority): [email protected] with subject line beginning “CSAM” or “Child Safety.” These are routed to our moderation team for immediate action.
• Law enforcement requests: Should be sent to [email protected] with verifiable agency credentials. We cooperate with valid legal process.

If you believe enforcement was applied in error, you may open a support ticket from within the app. Tickets are reviewed by our moderation team within 5 business days. We will explain the reason for the action and, where appropriate, reverse it. Permanent terminations for zero-tolerance categories are not subject to appeal.

During an active suspension, you retain the ability to export your wallet, read public content, and submit support tickets. Permanently terminated accounts retain wallet export functionality so that custody of funds is never withheld.

We may revise this Acceptable Use Policy as the platform evolves, as new categories of harm emerge, or as legal and regulatory requirements change. The most current version will always be available at this URL with a revision date. Material changes will be announced in-app prior to taking effect. Continued use of Bad Place after revisions constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Bad Place exists to give people a place to be themselves — to post, to argue, to make ugly jokes, to be wrong in public, to recover from being wrong, and to build something together. We tolerate a great deal of mess. We do not tolerate harm to children, coordinated violence, or the weaponization of this platform against the people on it. Those lines are drawn permanently and they are not negotiable. Everything else is a conversation we are willing to have.