XIGUANG COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Last updated: 2026-11-11
Xiguang exists so people can be honest about who they are. That only works if the space stays safe. These Guidelines apply to everything you post, send, or stream, including text, images, video, audio, comments, private messages, AI-generated content, and your profile. They form part of our Terms of Service.
1. THE SHORT VERSION
Be real. Do not hurt people. Do not use Xiguang to cheat, sell, or recruit. Do not try to game the system. If you are not sure, do not post it.
2. WHAT IS NEVER ALLOWED
We remove this content on sight, and we may report it to the authorities.
2.1 Sexual content involving minors. Any sexualisation of anyone under 18, including imagery, text, role-play, or AI-generated depictions. We report cases to the relevant authorities where the law requires or permits it. There is no warning for this. 2.2 Child exploitation and grooming. Any attempt to contact a minor for sexual purposes, to obtain sexual material from them, or to arrange a meeting for that purpose. 2.3 Sexual content involving adults that is non-consensual, or that depicts, promotes, or requests sexual services, incest, bestiality, or sexual violence. Sexually explicit content is not permitted in public areas of Xiguang. 2.4 Violence and threats. Threats of death, serious injury, or sexual violence against a person or group; promotion of terrorism or violent extremism; instructions for making weapons or carrying out attacks; glorification of mass violence. 2.5 Self-harm and suicide content that promotes, instructs, or encourages self-harm or suicide, or that shares methods. Content about recovery, lived experience, and support is allowed and welcome. 2.6 Human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and coerced labour. 2.7 Illegal drugs: selling, soliciting, or instructing on manufacture or distribution. 2.8 Illegal gambling, fraud, scams, counterfeit documents, money laundering, and malware distribution. 2.9 Terrorist or violent extremist organisations: membership, recruitment, funding, or propaganda.
3. WHAT IS ALSO NOT ALLOWED
3.1 Harassment and bullying. Repeated unwanted contact, coordinated attacks, dogpiling, encouraging others to attack, or persistently targeting someone after they have blocked you. 3.2 Doxxing and privacy violations. Publishing someone's home address, phone number, email, workplace, school, ID documents, financial details, medical information, or non-public images, without their consent. This applies even if the information was publicly available elsewhere. 3.3 Impersonation. Pretending to be another person, a brand, a public figure, Xiguang staff, or an organisation, or implying an affiliation you do not have. Parody must be clearly labelled so no one is misled. 3.4 Hate and discrimination. Attacks, slurs, dehumanisation, or calls for exclusion based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, caste, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or immigration status. 3.5 Non-consensual intimate imagery, including "revenge porn" and AI-generated sexual depictions of real people. 3.6 Deceptive and harmful AI content. AI-generated content that depicts real events that did not happen, that impersonates a real person in a way likely to mislead, that fabricates statements by real people, or that is used to harass, defraud, or sexually abuse. 3.7 Spam and manipulation. Bulk posting, repetitive comments, automated accounts, fake engagement, link farming, pyramid schemes, and any attempt to buy or trade likes, followers, or reach. 3.8 Malicious links and drive-by downloads. 3.9 Intellectual property theft: posting content you do not have the rights to. 3.10 Misinformation that creates a risk of physical harm, including false information about emergencies, health treatments, or voting procedures. 3.11 Manipulating our systems. Attempting to evade moderation by misspelling, encoding, or splitting prohibited content; abusing reporting; creating accounts to evade a ban; or exploiting bugs to change reach, ranking, or metrics. 3.12 Commercial activity outside the designated areas: running storefronts, paid promotion, or affiliate schemes in ordinary content areas rather than in the designated business listing area, or recruiting users to other platforms in a way that disrupts the community.
Business listings and commercial conduct
The dedicated business listing area is the place for shop information. There you may publish an accurate business name, description, category, address or service area, opening hours, images, and a lawful description of your products or services, and you may update them. You must have the right to publish everything you submit.
You must not invent a business, impersonate another business, forge a licence or verification mark, publish another person's private telephone number, WeChat ID, or other personal information without authorisation, use a listing for fraud, pyramid selling, illegal fundraising, or other unlawful activity, copy another party's brand, trade mark, images, or business materials, publish false prices, services, or claims, bulk-create or repeatedly repost listings for spam, or use a listing to harass, deceive, or pressure other users. Ordinary content areas remain closed to spam, flooding, fraudulent promotion, and unauthorised commercial marketing.
In the current version, contact details you enter for a listing are not displayed publicly. Xiguang does not verify listed businesses and does not provide payments, escrow, delivery, or transaction fulfilment for listings.
4. SEXUAL CONTENT INVOLVING ADULTS
Xiguang is not a place for sexually explicit content. Nudity and sexually explicit material are not allowed in public feeds, profiles, or discovery surfaces. We allow discussion of sexuality, relationships, and identity, and non-explicit artistic and educational content. When in doubt, keep it non-explicit.
5. AI FEATURES
You are responsible for what you generate and share. Do not use AI features to produce anything prohibited above, or to harass, deceive, or impersonate. Do not present AI output as verified fact or as the words of a real person. AI output in Xiguang may be inaccurate; do not use it for medical, legal, or financial decisions.
6. REPORTING
Report content, messages, or accounts using the in-app Report button, or write to [email protected]. Reports are confidential: the person reported is not told who reported them. If you believe a child is at risk, or someone's life is at risk, report it immediately and, if the risk is immediate, contact your local emergency services first.
You can block another account in the app. Blocking prevents contact in both directions between those accounts and hides your content from them. It cannot stop someone from using a different account or from keeping content they could already see.
Abusing the report system to silence someone is itself a violation.
7. HOW WE ENFORCE
We act on reports, on automated detection, and on our own review. What we do depends on severity, intent, and history:
Level 1 - Content removed, and you are told why. Typical for accidental or low-severity violations. Level 2 - Content removed and interaction limited: you may lose the ability to post, comment, or message for a period. Level 3 - Account restricted: discovery, publishing, or messaging disabled, or your content's reach reduced, until you complete the steps we set out. Level 4 - Temporary suspension, usually 7 to 30 days, for serious or repeated violations. Level 5 - Permanent ban, for severe violations, for repeated violations, for ban evasion, or where we believe someone's safety requires it. Legal referral - We report child sexual abuse material, credible threats to life, terrorism, and trafficking to the relevant authorities, and we preserve the associated records.
We consider context. Self-defence, satire, news reporting, education, and recovery content are not violations simply because they touch a sensitive topic.
8. APPEALS
If you think we got it wrong, appeal within 90 days by writing to [email protected] with the details. We review appeals through our moderation systems and, where the case requires it, with a member of our team, and we tell you the outcome. Response times vary with the volume and complexity of cases. If we reverse the decision, we restore the content where we can.
9. CHANGES
We update these Guidelines as the community and the law evolve. The current version and effective date are shown at the top. Material changes are announced in the app.
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