These rules apply to everything people post in Popverdict — questions, answers, appeals, reasons, discussion posts, reactions, chamber names, profiles and messages — in public and inside Groups and Parliaments. They form part of the Terms of Use.

Do not threaten, incite or glorify violence against anyone, whether an individual or a group. Allowed: "Should the city ban fireworks on New Year's Eve?" Not allowed: any question, answer or message that threatens a person or calls for harm. This includes threats made as a joke, and encouraging dangerous acts that are likely to get someone seriously hurt.

Do not attack people because of their ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or age, including by dressing the attack up as a question. The same goes for caste and for serious illness. Allowed: "Which religion makes the strongest case for the existence of God?" Not allowed: a question whose only purpose is to degrade a group, such as asking whether it should be driven out.

Do not target a person repeatedly, organise others against them, or get around a block to reach them. Do not send sexual messages or comments to anyone who has not welcomed them.

Do not make a vote about a named person who is not a public figure, and do not post anyone's address, phone number or other private details. This includes their private messages and photos of them, shared without their permission.

Popverdict has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Do not post sexual content involving anyone under 18 or sexual comments about minors, and never try to get a young person to share sexual content. Adults must not use Popverdict to build an inappropriate relationship with a minor, to ask them to keep secrets, to move them to another app, or to arrange to meet them. Sexual content involving minors is removed at once, the account is closed, and we report it to the authorities. To report it, use Report in the app or write to [email protected]; anyone can also report it directly to the police or to the national hotline of their country. We follow the child-safety laws that apply to Popverdict. Our child-safety contact is the provider, Mina Nasralla, at [email protected].

Do not post explicit sexual content. Our audience includes people aged 13 to 17.

Do not encourage or instruct self-harm or suicide, or eating disorders. Talking about your own struggles is allowed. If you are struggling, please contact local emergency services or a crisis line in your country; findahelpline.com lists free helplines in many countries. If you see someone who may be at risk, report it.

Do not post content that supports, promotes or recruits for terrorist or violent extremist organisations. The same goes for criminal organisations. Do not celebrate real attacks on people.

Do not post content that infringes copyright or trade marks, defames anyone, commits fraud or offers illegal goods or services. Do not use Popverdict to run gambling, betting or lotteries.

Do not use extra accounts, other people's accounts, scripts or bought votes, and do not organise fake voting.

Do not post advertising, phishing, malware or scams. Do not send repeated, unwanted or copy-pasted messages or posts.

Do not pretend to be another person or organisation. Parody is allowed when it is clearly labelled as parody.

Your @username, display name, picture, bio and place are seen by others. Keep them free of slurs, hate symbols, sexual content, gore, threats and insults, and use only a picture you have the right to use.

Opinions you think are wrong. Religion, politics, nationality and identity are all allowed as subjects; Popverdict exists for the arguments people really have. A question that a vote cannot settle gets a note on its result, not a deletion.

Merging duplicate answers, adding a note to a result, and the order of the deck are part of how Popverdict works. They say nothing about whether you broke a rule.

Use Report on any vote, answer or profile, or the ⋯ in a conversation. Without an account, write to [email protected] with the link and what is wrong. For content you believe is illegal, please include why and your contact details (Terms of Use, clause 9.6). We confirm receipt. In an emergency, call your local emergency services. Reports are private: we do not tell the person you reported who you are, except that a notice about a copyright or another right may be passed on so that it can be answered (Terms of Use, clause 9.7), or where the law requires it.

A person reads every report; we aim to look at each one within a day. When 25 different people, each with an account at least a week old, report the same vote or answer, it is hidden as a precaution until a person has decided, and the author is told. Reports never hide anything inside a Group or Parliament, and never take an answer out of the count once people have voted for it. The author and the person who reported are both told the outcome.

For most first breaches we remove the Content and warn you. If it happens again, we limit a feature for 7 days, then suspend the account for 30 days, then close it. Some breaches lead to immediate closure (Terms of Use, clause 11.3). You can ask for a review of any decision within six months (Terms of Use, clause 10).

You can block anyone from their profile or from a conversation. A blocked person can no longer message you and is not told that you blocked them. If someone in a Group or Parliament makes you uncomfortable, you can leave it (its last owner first makes someone else an owner), block them, or report them.

These rules are part of the Terms of Use, so a change to them is announced like a change to the Terms (Terms of Use, clause 15).