Child Safety Standards — BUDU Global Networking

BUDU Global Networking has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSAE), grooming, or any content or behaviour that endangers minors. This page sets out the standards we apply, the tools we provide to our community, and the contacts available for reporting concerns.

These standards are published publicly to satisfy Google Play's child safety standards policy for social and dating apps, and as a statement of our values to the people who use BUDU.

1. Who BUDU is for

BUDU is a platform for adults aged 18 or older. Anyone under 18 is strictly prohibited from creating an account or using the Service in any form.

Every user must affirm they are 18 or over before account creation (recorded as part of our Terms of Service acceptance with a timestamp and policy version).
We collect date of birth in the Edit Profile step and use it to verify the user is 18+. Profiles where the date of birth implies an age under 18 are blocked at the server level and cannot be saved.
If we have reason to believe a user is under 18, the account is locked pending review and removed if confirmed.

2. Prohibited content and behaviour

The following are absolutely prohibited on BUDU and will result in immediate, permanent account termination plus reporting to law enforcement and the appropriate national hotline:

Any image, video, audio, text or link depicting, describing or implying the sexual abuse, exploitation, or sexualisation of a minor (CSAM).
Any attempt to contact, meet, groom, solicit, or sexualise a minor — including in private messages and feed replies.
Any depiction of nudity, sexual content, or sexualised conduct involving anyone who is, or is presented as, under 18.
Sharing, soliciting, linking to, or advertising CSAM hosted anywhere — on or off BUDU.
Misrepresenting your age, identity, or relationship to a minor.
Discussion that normalises, promotes or trivialises CSAE.
Trafficking, recruiting, or exploitation of minors.

3. In-app reporting — every user can flag concerns instantly

Every profile, feed post, reply, and message inside BUDU has a one-tap Report button. The reporting form includes a dedicated reason category "Involves a minor" so users can flag suspected CSAE content immediately, even before our automated systems detect it.

Reports are sent to our moderation team and reviewed within 24 hours. Reports flagged as "Involves a minor" are treated as priority and reviewed within hours; the content is hidden from public view pending review.

You can also report by email at any time, with or without being a BUDU user, to:

Child Safety contact: palmies@pm.me
Available 24/7 — emails reviewed within hours.

4. Moderation pipeline

Automated screening: Profile bios, feed posts and replies are scanned at submission time. Content that matches our prohibited-content classifiers — including any text suggestive of minor exploitation — is blocked from being published and the account flagged for human review.
Photo moderation: All uploaded images pass through automated nudity and CSAM detection before they are visible to other users. Images that fail the screen are quarantined and the account flagged.
Human review: Every report and every automated flag is reviewed by a human moderator. We err on the side of caution — when in doubt, content stays hidden until reviewed.
Enforcement: Confirmed CSAE results in permanent account termination, IP and device-fingerprint blocking, preservation of evidence, and an immediate report to law enforcement and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States, INHOPE network members in other jurisdictions, and the relevant national authority where the offender or victim is located.

5. Cooperation with law enforcement

BUDU complies with all valid legal process — subpoenas, court orders, mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) requests, and emergency disclosure requests — issued by competent authorities.
When CSAE is identified, we preserve all relevant data and proactively report to NCMEC (USA) under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A and to local authorities in the jurisdiction of the offender, the victim, and any third country where evidence resides.
We work with INHOPE-member hotlines (including IWF in the UK, the German jugendschutz.net, and equivalents) for hash-based content takedown across the wider internet.

6. Designated point of contact (CSAM & CSAE)

Per Google Play's child safety standards policy, we maintain a designated person available to discuss our CSAM prevention practices and compliance:

Contact: palmies@pm.me
Response time: within 24 hours, every day of the week.
Role: the contact is authorised and prepared to respond to law-enforcement and platform-policy inquiries.

7. Compliance statements

BUDU complies with applicable child safety laws in every country where we operate.
BUDU reports apparent CSAM and CSAE to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and to regional / national authorities as required by law.
BUDU implements published industry standards including the WeProtect Global Alliance Voluntary Principles and the Tech Coalition standards for combating online child sexual exploitation.
BUDU prohibits and proactively removes CSAM under our Terms of Service (zero-tolerance clause), Privacy Policy (data-retention rules for abuse investigation), and the policy set out on this page.

8. Training and review

Anyone with moderator-level access on BUDU receives training on:

Recognising CSAM and CSAE signals (textual grooming patterns, age-misrepresentation tells, common evasion tactics).
Evidence preservation and chain-of-custody procedures.
Mandatory reporting to NCMEC and national authorities.
Mental-health support, including limits on the volume of CSAM exposure during review and access to support resources.

We review these standards at least once per year, and immediately when relevant legislation or industry guidance changes.

9. For users — what to do if you see something

Report it in-app using the Report button on the content; pick Involves a minor as the reason.
Email us at palmies@pm.me if you can't access the app or want to provide more context.
If a child is in immediate danger, contact emergency services in your country first (USA: 911; EU: 112; UK: 999).
To report CSAM directly to a hotline, use CyberTipline (NCMEC) in the USA, Internet Watch Foundation in the UK, or your local INHOPE-member hotline (find yours).

You will not be penalised, charged or banned for filing a good-faith report — even if the report turns out to be unfounded.

10. Changes to these standards

We may update these standards as the legal landscape and industry best practice evolve. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be announced inside the app.