Hateful Content, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism
- Terrorist organizations, violent extremists, and hate groups are prohibited from using our platform. We have no tolerance for content that advocates or advances violent extremism or terrorism.
- Hate speech or content that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence on the basis of race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, immigration status, socio-economic status, age, weight or pregnancy status is prohibited.
Overview
Hateful content and activities supporting terrorism or violent extremism have no place on Nivafy. Our policies are designed to create an environment that ensures the safety of our users and protects communities from violence and discrimination. It is never acceptable to engage in hateful conduct, including the use of hate speech or hate symbols. Activities that support or advocate for acts of terrorism or violent extremism are similarly prohibited and, if warranted, may be reported to law enforcement. To ensure the responsible enforcement of these policies, our teams consult with civil rights organizations, human rights experts, law enforcement agencies, NGOs, and safety advocates. We are committed to continuous learning and will make necessary adjustments to ensure our products and policies function to keep our users safe. We encourage users to promptly report any hateful content or activity that may violate our policies against terrorism and violent extremism.
What you should expect
Nivafy users should feel safe and respected when using our platform. Our policies against hateful content prohibit hate speech, which includes any content that demeans, or promotes discrimination towards, an individual or group of individuals on the basis of their race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, immigration status, socio-economic status, age, weight, or pregnancy status. Hate speech also includes glorifying perpetrators—or denigrating victims—of human atrocities such as genocide, apartheid, or slavery. Other prohibited hateful content includes the use of hate symbols, any imagery intended to represent hatred or discrimination towards others (including those featured in the hate symbols database maintained by the Anti-Defamation League).
Our prohibitions against Terrorism and Violent Extremism extend to all content that promotes terrorism or other violent, criminal acts committed by individuals or groups to further ideological goals. These rules also prohibit any content that promotes or supports foreign terrorist organizations or extremist hate groups—as designated by credible, third-party experts—as well as recruitment for such organizations or violent extremist activities.
How we enforce these policies
Our in-app reporting tool allows users to directly report hateful content or activities that support terrorism or violent extremism. On our high-reach platforms, we take a proactive approach to moderating any content that may violate these rules. We nonetheless encourage users to report any harmful content you might encounter—this helps alert us to any breakdowns in our processes for keeping these spaces safe. When hateful content is reported, our teams will remove any violating content and users who engage in repeated or egregious violations will have their account access locked. As an additional measure, we encourage Nivafy users to block any users who make them feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Users engaged in terrorist activities or violent extremism will lose account privileges. In addition, certain information related to violations of these policies may be referred to law enforcement.
Conclusion
We do not tolerate hateful content, terrorism, or violent extremism on Nivafy. Through both our policies and our product design, we work diligently to maintain an environment that supports and prioritizes the safety of our users.
Users can help us protect our community by reporting any content that violates our policies. We are also committed to working with diverse leaders from across the safety community to ensure we are advancing our safety objectives responsibly.