Community guidelines
Last updated 4 September 2026
kinl is for connecting with real people in real places. These guidelines apply to everything on kinl, including posts, stories, messages, calls, reviews, events, offers, sounds, usernames, bios and mapkins.
Never allowed
- Child sexual abuse material, grooming, or any sexualisation of minors. We report this to the authorities.
- Threats, incitement to violence, terrorism or violent extremism.
- Harassment, bullying, stalking, coordinated pile-ons, doxxing or sharing someone's location, identity or private information without consent.
- Hate speech or attacks based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, disease, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or age.
- Non-consensual intimate imagery, sexual extortion, or sharing sexual content of any person without their consent.
- Promotion of suicide, self-harm or eating disorders.
- Sale of drugs, weapons, wildlife, stolen goods, counterfeit items, or any other illegal or regulated goods and services.
- Fraud, scams, phishing, pyramid or investment schemes, fake giveaways and engagement farming.
- Impersonation of a person, business or kinl itself, and deceptive account behaviour.
- Spam, bulk unsolicited messaging, automated scraping and artificial engagement.
Restricted
- Adult nudity and sexual content, which may be removed or age-restricted.
- Graphic violence, injury and distressing imagery, which may be covered by a warning screen.
- Alcohol, gambling, tobacco, vaping, weight loss and health claims, which are restricted in ads and boosted content.
- Regulated professional advice, which must be accurate and must not promise outcomes.
Enforcement
Depending on severity and history we may remove content, reduce its distribution, limit features, restrict boosting, suspend or permanently disable an account, and where necessary report to law enforcement. You can appeal most decisions from the notice we send you.
To report something urgent, use kinl.me/contact (Help & support → Contact kinl in the app), or hello@kinl.me. If someone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first.
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