Community Guidelines

Effective date: 2026-09-22

These Community Guidelines apply to posts, comments, profiles, Groups, Pages, Events, Marketplace listings, messages and other user-generated activity on this SMSocial service. They are intended to protect open participation while setting clear safety boundaries.

Do not use SMSocial for

• Threats, credible incitement to violence, terrorism-related illegal activity or instructions intended to facilitate serious harm.
• Child sexual abuse material, grooming, sexual exploitation of children or any attempt to obtain, share or facilitate such material.
• Targeted harassment, bullying, stalking, doxxing or publication of another person’s highly sensitive private information without a lawful basis.
• Hateful conduct that attacks or dehumanises people on the basis of protected characteristics, or content that unlawfully encourages hatred or violence.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery, sexual exploitation, coercion or illegal sexual content.
• Fraud, scams, impersonation intended to deceive, phishing, malware, credential theft or deliberate abuse of platform security.
• Unlawful sale, solicitation or promotion of prohibited goods, services or activity.
• Copyright or other intellectual-property infringement where you do not have permission or another lawful basis to use the material.
• Spam, automated abuse, manipulation of engagement systems or repeated unwanted commercial activity.

Context and enforcement

Context matters. News reporting, education, counterspeech, documentary evidence and discussion of harmful topics may be treated differently from content that praises, facilitates or targets people with harm. Moderators may consider severity, intent, context, likelihood of harm, applicable law and prior behaviour.

Possible actions include no action, warnings, reduced visibility, content removal, feature restrictions, account suspension or termination, and referral to relevant authorities where appropriate or legally required.

Reporting

Use the in-product Report action where available. For urgent safety concerns, illegal-content reports, complaints about a moderation decision or issues that cannot be reported in-product, use the contact method on the Online Safety, Reporting & Complaints page.