Community Guidelines & Content Moderation

Consent, privacy, authenticity and respect.

Version: 1.0
Effective: 29 September 2026

1. Community principles

UNION is an adults-only community for consensual relationships, kink-positive discussion and personal connections. Consent, privacy, authenticity and respect are required throughout the platform.

These Guidelines apply to public profiles, images, posts, comments, Match content and eligible messages. You must accept them before you publish anything on UNION.

2. Permitted content

Consensual adult discussions and experiences.
Erotic or sexual text, where locally permitted.
BDSM education and safety information.
Non-explicit images of adult-oriented products such as restraints, floggers or chastity devices.
Non-explicit profile and lifestyle photographs.
Personal Match posts seeking compatible adult relationships or dynamics.

Content is not automatically permitted just because it shows a BDSM product. Sexualized context, visible bodies and captions all affect how an image or post is classified.

3. Prohibited content

Protection of minors

Minors, or anyone presented as under 18, in any sexual context.
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming or sexual exploitation.

Explicit and non-consensual material

Visible genitalia, sexual acts, masturbation, penetration or pornographic imagery.
Non-consensual intimate imagery, including real or AI-generated material.
Private information or images uploaded without authorization.

Coercion, exploitation and commerce

Coercion, threats, blackmail, sextortion or doxxing.
Human trafficking, prostitution or paid sexual or fetish services.
FinDom, “pay-to-play”, payment requests or commercial sexual arrangements.

Harm, fraud and abuse

Graphic violence, credible threats or encouragement of serious harm.
Impersonation, scams, fraudulent links or payment manipulation.
Hate, targeted harassment and repeated unwanted contact.

Illegal and infringing content

Illegal goods, activities or instructions.
Content that infringes intellectual-property rights.

4. Active moderation

Public profiles, images, posts and Match content are screened before publication using third-party safety services, automated classifiers and UNION moderation rules. These systems evaluate signals including nudity, pornographic imagery, possible exploitation, illegal content, scams and other prohibited material.

A submission can have one of the following outcomes:

Approved: published normally.
Rejected before publication: never shown to other members.
Held for additional review: published only after a further check.
Removed after publication: following a report or later detection.

No moderation system detects every violation. Uncertain or serious cases may receive human review, and content that was published can still be removed later.

5. Match-specific rules

Match exists for personal connections. It is not a marketplace for paid sexual or fetish services.

Verified adults only.
No “seller”, “buyer” or “available services” terminology.
No compensation between users for sexual, fetish or relationship activity.
A connection reason is required before contact.
The recipient must accept before private messaging begins.
Image sending is disabled by default.
Block and report are available throughout the interaction.
Reviews may only follow a qualifying interaction and remain subject to moderation.

How Match verification works is explained in our Age Assurance & User Verification policy.

6. Reports, enforcement and appeals

Every profile, post, comment, image and eligible message provides a Report option, a Block option and a route to emergency and safety contact.

Possible enforcement

Content rejection or removal.
A warning or feature restriction.
Temporary suspension.
Permanent removal from UNION.
Revocation of verification.
Preservation of evidence and reporting to authorities where legally required.

Decisions and appeals

For ordinary moderation decisions you receive a concise reason. Where applicable, you can appeal a decision. Reports of illegal content can be submitted without an account.