QuickTales Community Guidelines
Child Safety Policy
The safety of our creators, customers, and partners is our highest priority. We look to each of you to help us protect this unique and vibrant community. It’s important you understand our Community Guidelines regarding Child Safety, and the role they play in our shared responsibility to keep QuickTales safe.
QuickTales does not allow content that endangers the emotional and physical well-being of minors. A minor is someone under 18 years old.
If you find content that violates this policy, report it. If you believe that a child is in danger, you should get in touch with your local law enforcement to report the situation immediately.
Instructions for reporting violations of our Community Guidelines are available here.
What this policy means for you
If you're posting content
Don’t post content on QuickTales if it fits any of the descriptions below.
This policy applies to QuickTales content, photos, audio, video, descriptions, reactions, Albums, and any other QuickTales product or feature. Keep in mind that this isn't a complete list.
Please note these policies also apply to external links in your content. This can include clickable and non-clickable URLs, verbally directing users to other sites in audio, as well as other forms.
How to protect minors in your public content
Before publicly posting content of yourself, your family, or friends, think carefully about whether it may put anyone at risk of negative attention. Minors are a vulnerable population, and QuickTales has policies to protect them from unwanted attention. Use QuickTales' Who Can Listen settings to limit who can view the QuickTales you post.
Don’t post content Publicly on QuickTales that features minors and meets one or more of the following:
Examples
Here are some examples of content not allowed on QuickTales.
Remember these are just some examples, and don't post content if you think it might violate this policy.
What happens if content violates this policy
If your content violates this policy, we will remove the content and send you an email to let you know. If we can’t verify that a link you post is safe, we may remove the link. Note that violative URLs posted within the QuickTale itself or in the QuickTale’s metadata may result in the QuickTale being removed.
We may terminate your account for repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. We may also terminate your account after a single case of severe abuse, or when the account is dedicated to a policy violation.
We have zero tolerance for predatory behavior on QuickTales. If we think a child is in danger based on reported content, we’ll help law enforcement investigate the content.
Educational, Documentary, Scientific & Artistic (EDSA)
Sometimes, content that would otherwise violate our Community Guidelines may stay on QuickTales when it has Educational, Documentary, Scientific, or Artistic (EDSA) context. In these cases, the content gets an EDSA exception.
How QuickTales evaluates Educational, Documentary, Scientific & Artistic (EDSA) content
Our Community Guidelines aim to make QuickTales a safer community. Sometimes, content that would otherwise violate our Community Guidelines may stay on QuickTales when it has Educational, Documentary, Scientific, or Artistic (EDSA) context. In these cases, the content gets an EDSA exception.
Here are tips for how you can add context—more information that informs or educates viewers—to your EDSA content.
Note: Adding context to your EDSA content doesn’t guarantee that it will get an EDSA exception.
How content gets an EDSA exception
Our content reviewers assess whether content gets an EDSA exception on a case-by-case basis. First, we check if there’s a Community Guidelines violation in the content. If there’s a violation, we review if there’s enough context in the content to make an EDSA exception. We review WHAT context is present and WHERE the context is.
What context to add to your EDSA content
The type of context you must include to get an EDSA exception depends on what’s in the content.
We make most EDSA exceptions when content has one or more of the following:
1. Basic facts about what’s happening in the content: Identify who’s in the content, describe what the content shows or when and where it takes place, or explain why certain content is present.
2. Condemnation, opposing views, or satire: Communicate that your content condemns certain claims, includes opposing points of view, or is satirical.
3. Discouragement of dangerous behavior: Tell viewers not to imitate what’s in the content.
Note: The above examples aren't a complete list of the context that you can add to your EDSA content. When in doubt, add multiple forms of context to your EDSA content. To help prevent content from causing harm, include the info in your audio, not just your QuickTale’s title or description. When in doubt, include different types of context described above. Be sure to include this information in the content itself, like the audio, to help avoid the content potentially causing harm.
WHERE to add context to your EDSA content
You can add context to your:
Note: We don’t make EDSA exceptions for context that may be in reactions, tags, profile descriptions, or other surfaces.
What about other types of content, like audio reactions?
The same policies and guidelines that apply to a QuickTale also apply to other types of content.
Content that may not get EDSA exceptions
Certain content may not be allowed on QuickTales, even if it has context added.
These are just some examples of content that may not be allowed, even if context is added.