community-guidelines
Last updated: June 27th, 2025
Welcome to 12trust! We aim to foster a safe, reliable, and welcoming Platform where everyone can confidently verify content and engage in meaningful discussions.
These guidelines outline the acceptable behavior and content on 12trust. They apply to all content and activities, including any Input (content you submit for verification) and their Output (analysis results we provide) that you choose to share publicly in the Community as posts, as well as any comments you leave under posts.
Highlights:
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Respect and Safety: We expect everyone on our Platform to be respectful of each other and the diverse information shared. Harassment, bullying, hate speech, and promoting violence are not allowed.
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Authenticity and Transparency: Our Platform is built on honesty and the pursuit of truth. Impersonation, intentionally false information, and deceptive practices that undermine trust are not allowed.
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Responsibility and Compliance: Users are expected to adhere to all applicable laws. You must not share content that facilitates or promotes illegal activities.
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Content Integrity: Our core mission is to combat misinformation, spam, fraud, and AI-generated content. We don’t permit the sharing of content that spreads these harms or intends to mislead the Community.
1. Introduction
We are committed to maintaining a secure and authentic environment so that everyone can effortlessly verify and discuss content. These guidelines outline the types of content and behavior that are, and are not, acceptable on 12trust. They apply to all content and activities on our Platform, such as Input (content you submit for verification), Output (analysis results provided by 12trust) that you choose to share in the Community as posts, and comments.
2. Combating Harmful Content
12trust is designed to help you identify false, misleading, or harmful content. While you may submit such content for private verification, you must not use our Community features to spread or promote it. Our guidelines evolve to address new online threats, emphasizing the need to stop harmful misinformation, fraud, and scams, and to promote truth and the well-being of the Community.
3. Conduct and Behavior
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Warnings and Consequences: If you violate our Community Guidelines, you may receive a warning, have your content removed, or have your account suspended. Severe or repeated offenses will lead to stricter penalties, including permanent account removal.
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Content Moderation: We don’t prevent users from privately submitting sensitive or inappropriate content for verification. However, we have strict rules for what can be shared publicly in our Community.
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Content shared in the Community is subject to moderation, and violations may lead to consequences as outlined above.
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Certain content will be automatically blocked, hidden, or removed immediately when users attempt to publicly share them in the Community. Other content, while not ideal for the Community, may be permitted but subject to manual review or removal if reported.
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Content you may share in the Community, but we don’t encourage:
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If you attempt to share this type of content as public posts, it won’t be automatically blocked, hidden, or removed. However, it does not fully align with the positive, user-friendly atmosphere we aim to cultivate. Such content may be manually reviewed and removed if it becomes excessive, deviates from constructive discussion, or is reported by other users as inappropriate for the general audience in the Community.
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Strong Language: Content that shows strong or explicit language (e.g., profanity) or rude gestures (e.g., middle finger), provided it does not constitute harassment or hate speech.
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Suggestive Nudity and Intimate Displays: Content that shows or hints at nudity, such as bare backs, exposed male nipples, partially exposed buttocks or breasts, intimate parts that are blocked (e.g., nipples or genitalia under tight clothing), implied nudity, and kissing on the lips.
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Drug and Substance Use: Content that shows the use of illegal drugs or the misuse of legal substances.
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Alcohol Use: Content that shows people consuming alcohol or close-ups of multiple bottles, mugs, or glasses of alcohol or liquor, provided it does not promote underage or excessive consumption.
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Content you may not share publicly in the Community:
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If you attempt to share this type of content as public posts, it will be automatically blocked, hidden, or removed immediately. Users who repeatedly or intentionally attempt to share such content publicly will face appropriate consequences.
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Adult Content: Content that shows explicit nudity or sexual themes. While you can submit such content for private verification, posting it publicly violates our guidelines.
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Violence and Gore: Content that shows or promotes graphic violence, violent acts, or violent groups.
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Self-Harm: Content that shows or promotes self-harm or suicide.
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Gambling: Content that shows or promotes participation in games of chance to win a prize.
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Hate Symbols: Visual depictions of hate symbols.
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Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for any content that sexually exploits children. Such content will be removed immediately, and the users who posted it will be punished accordingly. We report such content to the appropriate legal authorities.
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Sexual Violence: Content that shows sexual violence, including non-consensual nudity.
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Illegal Activities: We prohibit the use of our Platform for illegal activities. We will remove any content that uses our services to break the law or promote unlawful actions.
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Impersonation: We prohibit content that falsely represents a user as another person or entity. Authenticity is crucial for fostering trust and safety within our Community. Users must be truthful in their use of our Platform and in their interactions with other users.
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Promotion of Scams, Fraud, or Misinformation: Even if your Input was a scam or false information for verification, you must not post or share it to the Community to actively promote, distribute, or endorse such deceptive content to others. Posts in the Community should be for discussing authenticity, not spreading harm.
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Harassment: Content that shows a%%busive behavior, bullying, harassment, or hate speech against individuals or groups based on any protected characteristic.
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Excessive Content: We reserve the right to remove content that is excessively violent, graphic, or sexual, even if it does not fall into one of the specific categories above.
Examples
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Here are some examples of behavior and content not allowed for sharing on 12trust:
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A user repeatedly posts violent threats in the comments section of a post, which leads to their account being removed right away.
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A post stating, "All [specific group] deserve to be punished," will be removed and could lead to account suspension.
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A user shares a piece of AI-generated misinformation in the Community, not to discuss its authenticity, but to present it as genuine news. This content will be removed.
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A user sharing a link to a phishing site and claiming it's a legitimate service, even if their Output showed it was a scam. This will result in content removal.
4. Content and Sharing Standards
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Misinformation, Fraud, and Spam: We have strict rules to combat the spread of misinformation, scams, and spam. 12trust helps identify such content, but it is against our guidelines to share it within the Community with the intent to mislead or harm, or simply to spread it. If content is found to be deceptive or harmful, it will be removed.
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Copyright and Intellectual Property: Respect copyright laws. You can only share content (including Input and Output derived from it) that you have the right to share. You must not post pictures, videos, or other content that you've taken or made yourself if it infringes on others' intellectual property.
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External Sites: We keep a close eye on external links that people share within the Community so that they don’t lead people to harmful, illegal, or deceptive sites. Our priorities include safety and integrity in shared content.
Examples
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Here are some examples of behavior or content not allowed on 12trust:
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Spreading false claims about public health issues in a comment under a post, even if the post was about such a claim. This will result in content removal.
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Uploading someone else's copyrighted picture to the Community without permission, even if you submitted it for verification. This will result in content removal and possible penalties on the account.
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Posting a link to a known scam website in a comment and encouraging others to visit it. This will result in content removal.
5. Engagement, Community Building
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Positive Interaction: We encourage users to share and engage in ways that promote learning, understanding, and respectful conversations around content authenticity.
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Transparent Communication: For people in our Community to trust in each other, open and honest communication is essential, especially when discussing the veracity of content.
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Reporting and Safety: Your role in reporting violations is very important. If you see content or behavior that goes against our guidelines, please use the in-app Report feature for the post or comment, or contact us by emailing support@12trust.com. We might not be able to automatically block, hide, or remove all sensitive or inappropriate content. We are dedicated to ensuring user safety and may notify relevant legal authorities about illegal content, especially that which involves the exploitation or endangerment of children.
Examples
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Here are some examples of activities we encourage on 12trust:
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Sharing an Output generated by our AI to start a conversation on its tell-tale signs.
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If you're an expert on a certain type of scam, share your knowledge or insights on how to spot it.
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If you see a comment where one user is repeatedly harassing another user with hostile remarks, report it to help keep the Community safe.
6. Enforcement
We take reports seriously and reserve the right to take any necessary action to keep our Community safe. This may include removing content, suspending accounts, or permanently banning users who repeatedly or seriously violate these guidelines.
Examples
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Here are some examples of violations on 12trust that could face consequences:
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A post that falsely claims a public figure's death, even if it is submitted for verification, if shared with the intent to mislead, would be promptly removed.
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A user persistently sharing conspiracy ideas as legitimate facts within the Community would face account removal.
If you believe a post or comment was removed in error, you may request a review by contacting support@12trust.com.
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