Community Guidelines

Do not dehumanize, pile on, or use GeoKiks to humiliate someone. Disagreement is allowed. Abuse is not.

Do not harass or bully anyone. That includes targeted insults, coordinated pile-ons, and refusing to stop after someone asks you to leave them alone.

Do not threaten violence or incite others to commit it. Do not celebrate violent crime against a specific person.

Do not attack people based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or similar protected characteristics recognized where you live.

Child sexual abuse material, grooming, sexual solicitation of minors, sextortion, and sexualization of minors are banned. See the Child Safety policy. Report in the app or email safety@geokiks.com. If a child is in immediate danger, contact official emergency services for your location.

Do not share intimate images without consent. Do not threaten to share them. Do not traffic or sexually exploit anyone.

Do not post another person's private contact details, ID documents, or other private information without authorization. Do not share private messages without a lawful reason.

GeoKiks is a location-based service. That makes this rule especially important.

Do not use GeoKiks to stalk, threaten, intimidate, or harass anyone. Do not monitor someone without proper authorization. Do not expose a home, school, workplace, or other private location to cause harm. Do not misuse My People location, Daily History, Trip History, Place Alerts, SOS, or Follow Live Directions.

Coercing someone into sharing location, or keeping sharing on after they asked you to stop in a way that violates these rules, is not allowed.

Do not post fake emergency reports, prank emergency reports, or information you know is false about an emergency. Do not impersonate police, fire, ambulance, or other emergency authorities. Do not tell people to move toward danger. Do not interfere with first responders.

Do not post directions that send people into an active incident, fire, flood, or crime scene. Do not post instructions for interfering with dispatch or official response. Follow official instructions on the ground.

Do not knowingly post false Local Issues, fake closures, or invented hazards. Mistakes happen. Repeating a claim after you know it is false does not.

Do not use GeoKiks to scam, phish, or defraud anyone. That includes fake charities after a disaster and fake "official" payment requests.

Do not flood feeds, chats, or messages with bulk or repetitive content. Do not use automation to spam.

Do not impersonate another person, a business, or a government or emergency authority. Paid Verified, Business Verified, and Government Verified badges are commercial GeoKiks marks. They are not a government ID check.

Do not offer or solicit illegal goods or services, including illegal weapons and illegal drugs.

Do not use GeoKiks to promote terrorism or violent extremist activity, or to recruit for it.

Respect copyright, trademark, and similar rights. Copyright notices: dmca@geokiks.com and the Copyright and DMCA Policy.

Do not post edited, generated, or out-of-context media in a way that is meant to deceive people about a real emergency, a real person, or official action. Label satire clearly if the content could be mistaken for a real report.

You can report posts, comments, chats, direct messages, and profiles in the apps. You can block users. For child safety, also see safety@geokiks.com.

False or abusive reporting can itself violate these guidelines.

Depending on the case, GeoKiks may remove or limit content, warn the account, restrict features, suspend the account, or terminate the account. Some Echo media is scanned automatically for nudity, sexual content, and graphic violence. Reports go to a queue. Human review happens when staffed.

GeoKiks does not promise that every violation will be found or that every report will be reviewed in a set number of hours. Blocking a My People connection is intended to stop their location access.

Where GeoKiks offers an appeal, follow the in-app instructions or the Content Moderation and Appeals Policy at https://geokiks.com/legal/moderation-appeals. There is no guaranteed timeline or outcome. If in-app flow is unavailable, email support@geokiks.com.