Child safety standards

Zero tolerance

FreeSpeech prohibits child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, sexualised contact with minors, sextortion and the trafficking of minors. The app must not be used for any of these purposes, and any such use is a violation of these standards and of the law.

How FreeSpeech is built

• Messages and files are end-to-end encrypted. The publisher and the servers cannot read them, so content is not scanned or moderated on the servers.
• There is no public directory, no search for strangers, no public feed and no public group. Two people become contacts only by exchanging a QR code or a single-use contact card, and groups are joined by invitation.
• There is no account to create: no name, e-mail address or phone number is collected.

Reporting

To report child sexual abuse or exploitation connected to FreeSpeech, write to contact@rebisway.com. Include, if you can, the identifier of the person concerned (shown on their contact card) and the server they use. Reports are read and handled promptly.

If a child is in danger, contact your local emergency services first. To report illegal content, use your national hotline: for example PHAROS (France), the NCMEC CyberTipline (United States), or a member hotline of INHOPE.

Our actions

• On a report, the identity concerned is banned from the servers operated by the publisher: it is refused and its connections are cut.
• Information about CSAE reaching the publisher is passed to the competent authorities and to the national or international child-protection bodies, and we cooperate with lawful requests from law enforcement.
• Every server operator is responsible for the server they run and can ban identities from it. The publisher can act only on the servers it operates.

Contact

Child safety contact: Thomas Gourgnier, contact@rebisway.com.