SUNJA LIVE - COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Building a Safe, Creative, and Inclusive Platform for Everyone
Company: Sunja Labs Private Limited
Platform: Sunja Live
Effective Date: 21st August, 2025
Last Updated: 21st August, 2025
🌟 OUR MISSION
Sunja Live is dedicated to creating a vibrant, safe, and inclusive community where creators can share their talents through live streaming and short-form content, and viewers can discover amazing content from around the world. These guidelines help us maintain a platform where creativity thrives while everyone feels safe and respected.
🎯 WHO THESE GUIDELINES APPLY TO
These Community Guidelines apply to all users of Sunja Live, including:
- Live Streamers: Creators broadcasting real-time content
- Short-Form Creators: Users uploading brief video content
- Viewers: Users consuming and interacting with content
- Commenters: Users engaging through comments and reactions
- Subscribers: Premium users with unlimited access
Coverage: All content, interactions, and activities on the Sunja Live platform
📱 CONTENT CATEGORIES AND STANDARDS
Live Streaming Content
- Real-time broadcasts including performances, tutorials, gaming, education, and entertainment
- Interactive elements including live chat, viewer participation, and real-time engagement
- Scheduled content with advance viewer notification and preparation
Short-Form Content
- Brief videos typically under 3 minutes focusing on entertainment, education, or creative expression
- Trending challenges that are safe, legal, and appropriate
- Quick tutorials and how-to content
- Creative showcases including art, music, dance, and performance snippets
✅ WHAT WE ENCOURAGE
🎨 Creative Expression
- Original content showcasing your unique talents and perspectives
- Educational content that teaches valuable skills or knowledge
- Cultural exchange and celebration of diverse backgrounds
- Innovative use of platform features and interactive elements
- Collaborative content between creators across different regions
🤝 Community Building
- Respectful and constructive engagement with other users
- Supporting fellow creators through positive feedback and sharing
- Building inclusive communities around shared interests
- Mentoring new creators and helping them grow
- Cross-cultural dialogue and understanding
📚 Quality Content
- Well-prepared and thoughtfully presented material
- Clear audio and video quality when technically possible
- Accurate information in educational content
- Appropriate content warnings when necessary
- Consistent and reliable streaming schedules
🚫 PROHIBITED CONTENT AND BEHAVIOR
🔞 Adult and Sexual Content
Strictly Prohibited:
- Nudity or sexually explicit content
- Sexual acts or simulated sexual activity
- Content sexualizing minors (anyone under 18)
- Sexual services or adult entertainment
- Content with sexual themes targeting minors
Limited Exceptions:
- Educational content about human sexuality (clearly marked and age-restricted)
- Artistic content with incidental nudity (pre-approved and restricted)
- Breastfeeding content (natural and non-sexual context)
⚖️ Illegal Activities
Zero Tolerance for:
- Promotion or demonstration of illegal drug use
- Sale or promotion of illegal substances
- Weapons trafficking or illegal weapons demonstrations
- Fraud, scams, or illegal financial schemes
- Hacking, doxxing, or cybercrime activities
- Copyright infringement or intellectual property theft
- Content violating local laws in creator's jurisdiction
🛡️ Safety and Harm Prevention
Prohibited Content:
- Self-harm, suicide, or eating disorder promotion
- Violence against people or animals
- Dangerous challenges or stunts that could cause injury
- Content promoting eating disorders or extreme dieting
- Harassment, bullying, or coordinated attacks against individuals
- Sharing of private personal information without consent
💬 Hate Speech and Discrimination
Not Tolerated:
- Content attacking individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality
- Slurs, derogatory language, or hate symbols
- Content promoting supremacist ideologies
- Discrimination in creator collaborations or community building
- Harassment campaigns targeting specific individuals or groups
🎭 Misinformation and Harmful Content
Subject to Removal:
- Deliberately false information about health, safety, or crisis events
- Conspiracy theories that could cause real-world harm
- Medical misinformation that could endanger health
- False information about civic processes (elections, voting, etc.)
- Deepfakes or manipulated media intended to deceive
🎬 CREATOR-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
📺 Live Streaming Standards
Technical Requirements:
- Stable internet connection for consistent streaming quality
- Appropriate lighting and audio setup when possible
- Regular testing of streaming equipment and software
- Backup plans for technical difficulties
Content Standards:
- Arrive on time for scheduled streams
- Clearly communicate stream topics and content warnings
- Maintain professional demeanor appropriate to content type
- Engage respectfully with live chat and viewer questions
- End streams appropriately without abrupt disconnections
Interactive Guidelines:
- Monitor and moderate live chat actively
- Respond to viewer questions and engagement
- Set clear boundaries for viewer participation
- Use platform moderation tools appropriately
- Create inclusive environments for all viewers
📱 Short-Form Content Standards
Content Quality:
- Original content that showcases creativity or provides value
- Clear video and audio quality within technical limitations
- Appropriate length for the message or entertainment value
- Engaging thumbnails and titles that accurately represent content
Trending Participation:
- Participate in trends that align with community values
- Avoid dangerous or harmful challenge participation
- Credit original creators when participating in trending content
- Add your unique perspective to trending topics
Educational Short Content:
- Accuracy in information presented
- Cite sources for factual claims when appropriate
- Clearly distinguish between opinion and fact
- Provide content warnings for sensitive educational topics
💰 Commercial Content and Sponsorships
Disclosure Requirements:
- Clearly disclose all paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate content
- Use platform-provided disclosure tools when available
- Honest reviews and opinions even in sponsored content
- Compliance with local advertising and consumer protection laws
Prohibited Commercial Activities:
- Promotion of illegal products or services
- Misleading or false advertising claims
- Pyramid schemes or multi-level marketing focused primarily on recruitment
- Financial advice without proper qualifications and disclaimers
- Sale of products targeting minors without parental consent mechanisms
👥 VIEWER AND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
💬 Respectful Engagement
Positive Interaction:
- Constructive comments and feedback
- Respectful disagreement and debate
- Support for creators through engagement and shares
- Helpful suggestions and community building
- Cultural sensitivity and awareness
Comment Standards:
- No spam, repetitive messages, or excessive emoji use
- Relevant comments that add to the conversation
- Respectful language even during disagreements
- No impersonation of other users or creators
- No solicitation or unauthorized promotion in comments
🎁 Tipping and Financial Interactions
Platform Tipping System:
- Use official platform tipping features only
- No pressure or harassment for tips or financial support
- Respect creators' boundaries regarding financial interactions
- Report any off-platform financial solicitation
Subscription Respect:
- Understand that subscription grants access, not personal relationships
- Respect creator boundaries regarding interaction levels
- No demanding special treatment based on financial contribution
- Report any creators who condition content access on additional payments
🏆 Community Participation
Building Positive Communities:
- Support fellow community members
- Share content responsibly and with proper attribution
- Participate in community events and initiatives
- Help new users understand platform features and guidelines
- Report violations promptly and accurately
🛡️ SAFETY AND WELLBEING
👶 Protecting Minors
Content Involving Minors:
- No content sexualizing, exploiting, or endangering minors
- Parental consent required for content featuring children
- Educational content about child safety and protection encouraged
- Immediate reporting of any content that may endanger children
Age-Appropriate Content:
- Clear content ratings and age recommendations
- Platform filtering tools for age-appropriate discovery
- Creator responsibility to mark content appropriately
- Viewer responsibility to consume age-appropriate content
🧠 Mental Health and Wellbeing
Supportive Environment:
- Content that promotes positive mental health and wellbeing
- Resources and support for users experiencing difficulties
- Responsible discussion of mental health topics
- Professional guidance encouraged for serious mental health content
Crisis Response:
- Immediate escalation protocols for users expressing self-harm intentions
- Partnership with mental health organizations for support resources
- Creator training on recognizing and responding to mental health crises
- Clear reporting mechanisms for concerning behavior
🌍 Cultural Sensitivity and Inclusion
Celebrating Diversity:
- Content that celebrates cultural diversity and exchange
- Respectful representation of different cultures and traditions
- Educational content about global perspectives and experiences
- Collaborative content between creators from different backgrounds
Avoiding Cultural Appropriation:
- Respectful appreciation vs. inappropriate appropriation
- Understanding and acknowledgment of cultural significance
- Collaboration with members of cultures being represented
- Education about cultural context and history
⚖️ ENFORCEMENT AND MODERATION
🔍 Content Review Process
Automated Systems:
- AI-powered content scanning for prohibited material
- Real-time monitoring during live streams
- Automated flagging based on community reports
- Pattern recognition for repeat violations
Human Review:
- Professional content moderation team review
- Cultural and contextual analysis of flagged content
- Appeals review by specialized teams
- Complex case escalation to senior moderators
⚠️ Progressive Enforcement
Warning System:
First Violation → Educational Warning + Guidance Resources
Second Violation → Temporary Feature Restrictions (7 days)
Third Violation → Temporary Suspension (14-30 days)
Serious Violations → Immediate Suspension or Permanent Ban
Immediate Action Categories:
- Illegal content or activities
- Content endangering minors
- Severe harassment or doxxing
- Copyright infringement (DMCA takedowns)
- Platform manipulation or spam
📋 Enforcement Actions
Content-Level Actions:
- Content removal with notification
- Content demonetization or revenue restriction
- Age-restriction or limited distribution
- Content labeling or warning addition
Account-Level Actions:
- Feature restrictions (commenting, streaming, uploading)
- Temporary suspension with specific timeframes
- Permanent account termination
- IP-level restrictions for severe violations
Creator-Specific Actions:
- Revenue sharing suspension
- Creator program removal
- Partnership opportunity restrictions
- Platform promotion limitations
📞 REPORTING AND APPEALS
🚨 How to Report Violations
In-Platform Reporting:
- Report button on all content and user profiles
- Specific violation category selection
- Optional detailed description of concern
- Anonymous reporting options available
Urgent Safety Concerns:
- Emergency contact: info@sunja.co
- 24/7 response for serious safety issues
- Direct escalation for content involving minors
- Coordination with law enforcement when necessary
📝 Appeals Process
Standard Appeals:
- Submit appeal within 30 days of enforcement action
- Provide additional context or clarification
- Review by different moderation team member
- Response within 5-7 business days
Expedited Appeals:
- Available for creators with significant followings
- Business impact consideration for false positives
- Priority review within 24-48 hours
- Direct communication with appeals team
🔄 Restoration Process
Content Restoration:
- Restore content if appeal successful
- Notification of restoration decision
- Analytics data preservation where possible
- Prevention of similar false positives
Account Reinstatement:
- Complete review of account history
- Educational requirements before reinstatement
- Probationary period with enhanced monitoring
- Clear guidelines for future compliance
🎓 EDUCATION AND RESOURCES
📚 Creator Education
Platform Training:
- Comprehensive creator onboarding program
- Regular workshops on platform features and best practices
- Cultural sensitivity and safety training
- Technical skills development resources
Community Guidelines Training:
- Interactive guidelines tutorial for new creators
- Regular updates on policy changes
- Case study analysis of common violations
- Best practices sharing from successful creators
🛠️ Tools and Features
Creator Safety Tools:
- Robust blocking and reporting systems
- Chat moderation tools and keyword filtering
- Collaboration tools for multi-creator content
- Analytics and insights for content performance
Viewer Safety Tools:
- Content filtering and discovery preferences
- Blocking and reporting functionality
- Parental controls and family safety features
- Privacy settings and data control options
🌐 Global Considerations
Localization:
- Guidelines translated into major regional languages
- Cultural context consideration in enforcement
- Regional legal compliance and adaptation
- Local community manager support
Legal Compliance:
- Adherence to local content laws and regulations
- Data protection and privacy compliance
- Age verification and parental consent mechanisms
- Transparency reports and regulatory cooperation
🔄 UPDATES AND CHANGES
📢 Guideline Updates
- Regular review and updates based on community feedback
- 30-day notice for significant policy changes
- Community input periods for major revisions
- Clear communication of changes and effective dates
📊 Community Feedback
- Regular surveys and feedback collection
- Creator and viewer advisory panels
- Public comment periods for policy development
- Transparency in decision-making processes
📞 CONTACT AND SUPPORT
🆘 General Support
- Community Guidelines Questions: info@sunja.co
- Creator Support: creators@sunja.co
- Safety Concerns: info@sunja.co
- Appeals: info@sunja.co
🚨 Emergency Contacts
- Immediate Safety Concerns: info@sunja.co (24/7)
- Legal Notices: info@sunja.co
- Law Enforcement Cooperation: info@sunja.co
🤝 OUR COMMITMENT
Sunja Live is committed to:
- Transparency in our moderation decisions and processes
- Fairness in enforcement while considering context and intent
- Safety as our highest priority for all community members
- Growth opportunities for creators while maintaining community standards
- Innovation in creating tools and features that support positive community interaction
Together, we can build a platform where creativity flourishes, cultures connect, and everyone feels safe to express themselves authentically.
Document Version: 1.0
Effective Date: 21st August, 2025
Next Review: [Quarterly review cycle]
Community Guidelines Council:
- Safety Team Lead: ________________
- Creator Relations: ________________
- Legal Compliance: ________________
- Community Management: ________________