Nagrik is committed to public safety, accurate civic reporting, and respectful discourse. We do not permit hate speech, harassment, fabricated news, deepfakes, or unlawful material. Violators face immediate post rejection, publisher account suspension, and potential legal action.
1. Purpose & Scope
This Content Policy governs all text, video footage, photographs, audio recordings, headlines, descriptions, and user feedback published on nagrik.news, the Nagrik Android app, iOS app, and Creator Studio.
By submitting content to Nagrik, every citizen stringer, independent publisher, and user agrees to comply with these rules. These standards apply equally to all contributors regardless of follower size or tenure.
2. Prohibited Content Categories
The following categories of content are strictly forbidden on Nagrik. Submitting any of the following constitutes a material violation of your publisher contract:
Content that promotes illegal activities, sedition, terrorism, extremist propaganda, or incites riots or violent acts under Indian law.
Unsubstantiated, false, or malicious allegations intended to damage an individual’s or organization’s legal reputation.
Targeted hostility, stalking, violent threats, abusive intimidation, or coordinated harassment directed at any person.
Attacking, dehumanizing, or inciting discrimination against individuals or communities on the basis of religion, caste, gender, disability, or ethnicity.
Any depiction, exploitation, or endangerment of children or minors. Zero-tolerance policy with immediate reporting to law enforcement under POCSO.
Publishing non-consensual sexual images, voyeurism, deepfake pornography, or extortionate threats involving intimate media.
Graphic, gore-filled, or dehumanizing depictions of mutilated bodies, violent executions, or bloody accidents not required for legitimate news reporting.
Publishing personal phone numbers, Aadhaar details, home addresses, bank accounts, or private communications without consent.
Promoting pyramid schemes, fraudulent prize draws, illegal gambling apps, loan shark operations, or phishing links.
Distributing spyware, phishing URLs, malicious code, or files designed to compromise reader devices.
Fabricating events, publishing fictional accounts disguised as actual occurrences, or inventing non-existent incidents.
Pretending to be a government official, police officer, certified doctor, or another individual or media organization.
Re-uploading copyrighted broadcasts, watermark-stripped videos, or third-party journalism without license or fair dealing rights.
Repetitive submissions, keyword stuffing, duplicate videos, affiliate marketing links, or bulk promotional content.
AI-generated voice clones, facial swaps, or heavily altered footage presented as authentic documentary reality.
Using automated bots, fake engagement networks, or coordinated astroturfing to artificially inflate view counts or manufacture trends.
False health claims causing physical harm, fake disaster or flood warnings causing panic, or false electoral polling station notices.
3. Moderation & Editorial Review
Nagrik employs a hybrid review framework designed to protect readers while supporting rapid ground reporting:
- Automated Pre-Screening: Checks incoming files for known illegal hashes, abusive language patterns, and duplicate file signatures.
- Human Editorial Desk Review: Experienced desk editors inspect story drafts, verify geolocation tags, evaluate headlines against the video footage, and confirm that sensitive assertions have adequate attribution.
- Community Reporting: Readers can flag inappropriate or inaccurate stories using the in-app "Report" tool or web portal at any time.
4. Enforcement Actions & Penalties
Depending on the severity and intent of the violation, our moderation desk will take one or more of the following actions:
For minor technical or headline issues, the post is returned to the publisher for correction with specific feedback.
Content is unpublished from all public feeds pending editorial investigation, and pending payout credits are frozen.
Severe or malicious violations result in immediate permanent account termination, forfeiture of earnings, and blacklisting.
5. Emergency Removal Protocol
In critical scenarios involving imminent threats to human life, ongoing communal riots, judicial injunctions, or child safety violations, our desk executes an Emergency Expedited Takedown within 2 hours of verified receipt.
Law enforcement orders and urgent statutory takedowns should be directed directly to wizzlingsupport@gmail.com.
6. Repeat Violator Policy
Nagrik operates a strike system for publisher accounts:
- Strike 1: Formal written warning and required resubmission of corrected content.
- Strike 2: 14-day temporary publishing suspension and review of prior submissions.
- Strike 3: Permanent termination of publisher status, account closure, and UPI payout de-linking.
7. Appeals & Account Reinstatement
If you believe your content was removed or your publisher account suspended in error, you may file a formal appeal within 14 days by emailing wizzlingsupport@gmail.com with your account ID, article URL, and factual justification. An independent senior editor will review the case within 5 business days.