Child Safety Standards & Zero-Tolerance Policy
Official published standards explicitly prohibiting Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) across the Tarang Live application (Package: com.taranglive.app).
Tarang Live maintains an uncompromising, zero-tolerance policy against any form of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE) and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Any user engaging in, facilitating, promoting, or distributing child-endangering content will face immediate, permanent account termination, hardware device bans, and immediate escalation to law enforcement agencies and international child protection bodies.
1 Prohibition of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE)
In compliance with the Google Play Developer Child Safety Standards policy, local legal frameworks (including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences - POCSO Act, Indian Information Technology Rules), and global safety conventions, Tarang Live strictly prohibits:
- Any depiction, transmission, creation, distribution, or facilitation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or Non-Consensual Sexual Content involving minors.
- Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSAE), including sexual grooming, luring, coercion, extortion, or sexual extortion (sextortion) targeting minors.
- Sexually suggestive, inappropriate, or predatory communication with or directed towards any person under the age of 18 in audio rooms, private chat, comments, or live broadcasts.
- Sharing, soliciting, advertising, or linking to external websites, groups, or channels that host, promote, or traffic child sexual abuse content.
- Depicting, encouraging, or facilitating child trafficking, child labor, physical harm, or psychological abuse of minors.
2 Age Verification & Minor Restrictions
Tarang Live is designed exclusively for teenagers and adults aged 13 and older (and 18+ for hosting/monetized voice rooms):
- Children under the age of 13 are strictly prohibited from creating accounts, accessing voice rooms, or using any feature of the Tarang Live platform.
- Upon login, all users are legally required to verify that they satisfy the minimum age criteria and accept these binding Child Safety Standards.
- If we receive notice or detect that an account belongs to a user under the age of 13, that account and all associated personal records are immediately and permanently terminated.
3 Automated Screening & Real-Time Moderation
To proactively prevent and eradicate any child safety violations, Tarang Live deploys multi-layered safety mechanisms:
Automated text scanners actively monitor usernames, room titles, public descriptions, and private messages to intercept predatory keywords, solicitations, and inappropriate language in real time.
Our dedicated Trust & Safety moderators conduct around-the-clock surveillance of active voice party rooms, user avatars, and moments feeds to enforce immediate zero-tolerance actions.
4 In-App Reporting & Escalation Channels
Any user who encounters suspicious behavior, inappropriate conduct, or potential child endangerment can report it immediately through several accessible channels:
- In-App Profile Reporting: Tap on the user's avatar in any voice room or private chat, select the "Report" (⚠️) option, and choose "Child Safety / Inappropriate Content".
- Room Reporting: Room listeners can report the entire audio room via the room options menu for instant moderator review.
- Dedicated Child Safety Email Hotline: Direct urgent reports to our dedicated Child Safety Response Team at social.app.in4@gmail.com.
5 Enforcement Protocol & Law Enforcement Reporting
When a child safety or CSAE infraction is identified or reported, our team enforces the following protocol immediately without prior warning:
- Permanent Account Deletion: Immediate revocation of login access and expulsion of the offender from all rooms and services.
- Hardware Device Bans: The offender's hardware unique device fingerprint (Device ID) is permanently blacklisted in our server firewall (
banned_devicesregistry), permanently preventing any account creation from that physical handset. - Mandatory Legal Reporting: In compliance with international and national child protection statutes, evidence, IP addresses, timestamps, and device identifiers are reported to:
- The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) via CyberTipline.
- Relevant national cyber crime agencies (including the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal - cybercrime.gov.in and local law enforcement authorities).
6 Designated Child Safety Contact Point
As required by Google Play Child Safety Standards, below is our official designated contact point responsible for investigating child safety, minor protection, and CSAE reports: