Community Standards

Our Core Values

1. Evidence Integrity

1.1 Authentic Evidence Only

All callouts must be based on real, unmanipulated evidence of traffic violations.

You MUST NOT:

• Submit fake, fabricated, or staged violations ("street theater")
• Manipulate photos or videos to misrepresent events
• Use AI-generated or deepfake content
• Resubmit old evidence as new violations
• Submit evidence of violations you did not personally witness

1.2 Natural Observation

Evidence must be captured naturally and spontaneously during normal driving, walking, or cycling activities.

You MUST NOT:

• Plan or coordinate to "catch" a specific driver in a violation
• Stalk or follow a vehicle for extended periods with the intent to capture violations
• Set up fixed cameras specifically to target a particular vehicle or driver
• Provoke or instigate violations to capture evidence

Why This Matters: CallOut is designed to document real-world driving behavior, not to enable harassment or stalking. Planned targeting undermines the platform's integrity and may be illegal in some jurisdictions.

1.3 Context and Clarity

Evidence should provide sufficient context to allow fair review.

Best Practices:

• Capture enough of the scene to show the violation clearly
• Include timestamps and location data (pulled from automatically embedded EXIF tags typically)
• Avoid extreme close-ups that obscure context
• Ensure lighting and resolution are adequate for review

2. Review Accuracy and Good Faith

2.1 Honest and Objective Reviews

When reviewing callouts, you must evaluate evidence fairly and objectively, free from bias or personal motives.

You MUST:

• Base your review solely on the evidence provided
• Consider all relevant factors (e.g., road conditions, visibility, context)
• Apply the same standards to all callouts, regardless of who submitted them
• Admit uncertainty when evidence is unclear or imperfect

You MUST NOT:

• Approve or reject callouts based on personal relationships or vendettas
• Collude with other users to manipulate review outcomes
• Submit biased reviews to boost or harm another user's reputation
• Review callouts involving your own submissions or those of close associates

2.2 Review impact on callout credibility score and user reputation score

The callout credibility score reflects the community’s assessment of the accuracy and fairness of the callout report. Reviews are the primary way to validate the credibility of callouts. Patterns of biased, inaccurate, or malicious reviews will result in:

• Permanent reduction of your User Reputation Score
• Loss of review privileges
• Account suspension or termination

3. Respectful Conduct

3.1 No Harassment or Vigilantism or Doxxing

CallOut is a platform for reporting violations, not for confronting, harassing, or punishing drivers. Evidence that a user is engaging in harassing or vigilantism or doxxing behaviors on other platforms across the internet where CallOut information is being shared, will be grounds for account termination in CallOut.

You MUST NOT:

• Confront drivers in person about their violations
• Use CallOut to organize or coordinate confrontations
• Share personal information about drivers (doxxing)
• Encourage or incite violence or vigilante justice
• Use threatening, abusive, or harassing language

Why This Matters: Confrontations can escalate into dangerous situations. CallOut is designed to promote accountability through community awareness, not through direct confrontation.

3.2 Respectful Discourse

When interacting with other users (e.g., in reviews or comments or flags), maintain a respectful and constructive tone.

You MUST:

• Disagree respectfully and provide reasoned arguments
• Assume good faith unless proven otherwise
• Report policy violations through proper channels (flags)

You MUST NOT:

• Use profanity, slurs, or hate speech
• Engage in personal attacks or name-calling
• Spam or flood the platform with repetitive content
• Impersonate other users or entities

4. Privacy

4.1 Respect for Privacy

While CallOut focuses on license plates and behavior on public roads (which are public information), users must protect the privacy of all individuals, including themselves and any occupants of their own vehicle.

You MUST NOT:

• Include your own voice, image, or face in submitted evidence
• Include personally identifiable information of any occupants in the submitting user's vehicle
• Include audio that captures private conversations or personally identifiable information
• Include faces or other personally identifying features beyond license plates
• Capture interior vehicle shots that reveal personal information

Video evidence submitted to CallOut has audio stripped by default. Users may opt in to include audio only after attesting that the audio does not contain private conversations or personally identifiable information.

Violations of these PII rules are flaggable offenses subject to content removal and account consequences.

4.2 No Doxxing

Doxxing (publishing private or identifying information about an individual) is strictly prohibited.

You MUST NOT:

• Share the name, address, phone number, workplace or other personal details of drivers
• Attempt to identify vehicle owners using license plate information
• Encourage others to harass or contact drivers
• Attempt to use other internet platforms to pursue doxxing of vehicles posted on CallOut

Violations of anti-doxxing rules may result in legal action and account termination. Note doxxing may be illegal in some jurisdictions, and CallOut will cooperate with law enforcement as required by law.

5. Platform Integrity

5.1 No Collusion or Manipulation

CallOut employs anti-collusion detection to identify patterns of coordinated abuse.

You MUST NOT:

• Coordinate with other users to unfairly target a specific driver or vehicle
• Create multiple accounts to manipulate reputation scores
• Use bots or automated tools to submit callouts or reviews
• Engage in "vote brigading" or mass flagging campaigns

7. Reporting Violations

7.1 How to Report

If you encounter content or behavior that violates these Community Standards, please report it using the Flag feature.

What to Include in Your Report:

• Clear description of the violation
• Specific section of the Community Standards that was violated
• Any supporting evidence (screenshots, links, etc.)

7.2 False Reporting

Submitting false or malicious flags is a violation of these standards and may result in:

• Reduction of your Credibility Score
• Loss of flagging privileges
• Account suspension or termination

Only flag content that genuinely violates our standards.

8. Consequences of Violations

Violations of these Community Standards may result in the following actions:

9. Appeals Process

If you believe your account was suspended or terminated in error, you may appeal by contacting us at:

Email: support@calloutbaddrivers.com

Include in Your Appeal:

• Your username and email address
• Explanation of why you believe the action was incorrect
• Any supporting evidence

Appeals will be reviewed within 7-14 business days. Our decision is final.

10. Community Contribution

10.1 Positive Contributions

We encourage users to contribute positively to the community by:

• Submitting high-quality, well-documented callouts
• Providing fair and thoughtful reviews
• Helping new users understand the platform
• Flagging callouts or reviews not conforming to community standards

10.2 Recognition

Users who consistently uphold these standards will be recognized through:

• Higher Reputation, which improves Credibility Scores on new callouts
• Special badges or achievements
• Increased influence in the community
• Opportunity to become moderators and assist in flag reviews and investigations

11. Changes to These Standards

We may update these Community Standards from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by:

• Posting a system-wide alert notice
• Sending an email to the address associated with your account

Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated standards.