Child Safety Standards

PetHive is operated by Zero Gravity Cybernetics Private Limited. This page sets out our standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) and explains how anyone — user or not — can report a concern to us.

1. Zero tolerance

We prohibit, without exception, any content or behavior that sexually exploits, abuses, or endangers children. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form — real, altered, or generated;
• Grooming: contacting, befriending, or manipulating a minor for sexual purposes;
• Sexualization of minors, including sexualized comments, imagery, or requests;
• Trafficking of, or the facilitation of any sexual activity involving, minors;
• Sharing personal information of minors to enable harm ("doxxing"), or threats and extortion involving minors ("sextortion").

Violations result in immediate content removal and permanent account termination, and are reported to the relevant authorities.

2. How we protect minors on PetHive

• Age gate: PetHive requires users to be at least 14 years old; date of birth is checked at sign-up.
• In-app reporting and blocking on every profile, post, comment, story, and chat.
• Human moderation of reported content, with priority handling for child-safety reports.
• Enforcement: content takedown, account suspension and permanent bans, with repeat-offender and ban-evasion controls.
• Privacy defaults and controls — private-account mode, follower approval, and symmetric read receipts limit unwanted contact.

3. Reporting child-safety concerns

• In the app: use Report on the profile, post, or message, and choose the child-safety category. These reports are prioritized.
• By email (no account needed): info@zgcns.com with the subject "Child Safety Report". Include links/usernames if you have them. Do not attach the content itself.

Child-safety reports are acknowledged and acted on with the highest priority.

4. Cooperation with authorities

When we identify or are made aware of CSAM or child exploitation, we preserve the evidence as required, remove it from the service, terminate the accounts involved, and report to the appropriate bodies — including law enforcement and recognized child-protection organizations such as the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and national hotlines in our operating regions (e.g., the INHOPE network in the EU and the relevant authorities in India). We respond to valid legal requests from law enforcement concerning child safety as a priority.

5. Compliance

These standards are published in accordance with the Google Play Child Safety Standards policy and equivalent app-store requirements. Our designated point of contact for child-safety matters can be reached at info@zgcns.com (subject: "Child Safety").