Child safety standards

Our position

Squad has a zero-tolerance policy toward child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and any form of child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). This applies to all content, accounts, and conduct on Squad without exception.

What Squad is

Squad is an invite-only group-planning app for friends ages 13 and older. It is used to coordinate meet-ups: drop a plan, vote in / maybe / out, and lock the answer. It is not a social network, dating app, or chat app.

Because of how Squad is built, several common CSAE vectors are structurally absent:

• No public content. Every plan, comment, and vote is scoped to an invite-only circle of friends. There is no public feed, no discovery, and no way for strangers to see content.
• No direct messaging. Squad does not provide one-to-one chat, video, or voice communication between users.
• No user media uploads. Users cannot upload photos, videos, or audio. Profile avatars are fetched read-only from the user's Google account at sign-in.
• No livestreaming. Squad has no real-time broadcasting, ephemeral content, or stories.
• Invite-only circles. Users can only interact with people who have explicitly accepted an invite to the same circle.

Standards we hold

• We prohibit CSAM and any conduct that sexualises, exploits, or endangers minors on Squad.
• We prohibit using Squad to groom, solicit, or facilitate offline harm to minors.
• We comply with applicable child-safety laws in every jurisdiction Squad operates in, including the United States 18 U.S.C. § 2258A reporting requirement and India's POCSO Act and IT Rules.
• We respond to verified reports promptly: removing offending content, terminating accounts, and preserving evidence for law enforcement.

Reporting

If you encounter CSAM, suspected CSAE, or any behaviour that puts a minor at risk on Squad, email shivamjr7@gmail.com with the subject line Child safety report. Include the circle name, plan, or username involved and any context you can share. We treat these reports as urgent.

You can also report CSAM directly to the relevant authorities:

• United States: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline — report.cybertip.org
• India: National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal — cybercrime.gov.in
• Elsewhere: contact local law enforcement or your country's designated reporting body.

Enforcement

When we receive a verified report or detect a violation, we:

1. Remove the offending content immediately.
2. Terminate the responsible account and any associated accounts.
3. Preserve account data and content as required by law to support investigation by NCMEC, applicable Indian authorities, or other law enforcement.
4. Report apparent CSAM to NCMEC as required by U.S. federal law.

Designated contact

For child-safety inquiries from law enforcement, regulators, or safety researchers:

Shivam Jari · shivamjr7@gmail.com