Talk Buzz Tutor Platform Standards

Introduction

We are a new community that wants to play a part in changing how the world works together.   We allow anyone that is 18 or older with a talent to be a Seller on the Talk Buzz platform. We are aiming to build a global network of writers, Information Technology professionals, designers, producers, videographers, business owners, etc., and professionals across hundreds of industries, who use Talk Buzz Tutor every day to create something they believe in. We’re inspired by each and every one of our community members. We value their perspectives, beliefs, and views—they are what makes Talk Buzz Tutor so dynamic.

In order to maintain a respectful, inclusive, and safe environment for everyone, we’ve created a set of community standards to serve as a moral compass for behavior on our platform. These standards help define what is acceptable in the Talk Buzz Tutor community and marketplace, both in face-to-face interactions and online communications. They aren’t tied to any law, but are used to govern our platform policies. They reflect our attitudes, expectations, and social norms. Our community standards are rooted in our core values — respect, safety, acceptance, support, and open-mindedness.

Just like our community, these standards will continue to grow, evolve, and change. We have embedded examples in the community standards for unacceptable activities on Talk Buzz Tutor.  Please note that these are intended to be examples only and not a complete list.  

We encourage our community to use our reporting tools when encountering anything that is unacceptable. We want to create the best experience for all community members, and ask that you respect and follow these guidelines.

Integrity and Authenticity

Coronavirus (COVID-19) policies 

At these sensitive times, we are cautious regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) related services that we allow on Talk Buzz Tutor. For example, We do not allow users to offer or ask for services that are related to healing Coronavirus or creating content regarding Coronavirus that may be used for spreading misleading information. 

Should you see an item that violates our policies, please don’t hesitate to report it.

Please Do not Offer or ask for:

• Services that are intended to heal, prevent or treat Coronavirus (COVID-19), including emotional therapy. 
• The creation of medical, scientific or informative content exclusively on Coronavirus (COVID-19). Talk Buzz Tutor is committed to fighting the spread of fake news regarding Coronavirus. Therefore, if a service is reported or flagged as being used to create or promote the spread of fake news; we will investigate and take action accordingly.
• Donations or investments. 
• Face Masks. Creating a handmade mask as part of our Arts & Crafts subcategory is allowed.  

We do allow services that support businesses, marketers, or individuals during these times, for example, business communications or online lessons. 

Misrepresentation

Misrepresentation is defined as fraudulent, negligent, or innocent misstatements, or an incomplete statement of a material fact.

Misleading profile information

Do not:

• Post a fake name, location, gender, or photo in your user profile. 
• Present a fake document(s) if asked to verify your identity. 
• Write misleading content in your profile description, skills, or education. 
• Provide Licensed services without the right license.

Misrepresenting Gig elements 

 Do not:

• Copy Gig descriptions, packages, and other gig elements from other users.  
• Raise the price of your Gig service in personal messages before or after purchase. Bait-and-switch marketing is not acceptable.
• Have someone else present you in your gig. 
• Post non-original images or images you do not have the right to use in your Gig.
• Do not post non-original videos or videos that you do not have the right to use in your Gig profile. 
• Deliver non-original work or send non-original work samples.

Spam

We define spam on Talk Buzz Tutor as a messaging activity that is unwanted, repeatedly occurring, and disruptive to the experience of recipients. Spam can take many forms ranging from unwanted offers to commercially-motivated solicitations that aim to drive traffic or attention to websites, products, and services outside of Talk Buzz Tutor.

Please respect our members’ privacy by not contacting them with offers, questions, suggestions, or anything which is not directly related to their Gigs or orders.

Do not:

• Contact our users with offers, questions, suggestions, or anything unrelated to their Gigs or orders.
• Send multiple unsolicited or deceptive messages. Abuse our communication tools to distribute mass messages. 

Prohibited Services

Talk Buzz Tutor is an open marketplace where users can offer or request a great variety of services. However, for a number of reasons, we prohibit certain types of services on Talk Buzz Tutor. Some services can pose unwanted risks for our users like legal or financial risks; others are simply not in line with our values and policies.

Here are the type of services prohibited on Talk Buzz Tutor: 

Services that can pose legal risks for our users

 Do not offer or ask for:

• Illegal services.
• Services that are meant to support any illegal activity.
• Fake documents — the creation, changing, or editing of official documents such as IDs, passports, drivers license, bank statements, or death and birth certificates.

Services that can pose financial risks for our users        

 Do not offer or ask for:

• Services that require getting access to the buyer’s sensitive financial information.
• Opening, managing, or implementing changes in a financial account. 
• Providing loans.
• Trading signals or indicators.

Services that have a high risk of piracy or hacking

 Do not offer or ask for:

• Verification services.
• Hacking or cracking services. 
• Services involving hacked or cracked software products (themes, templates, etc).  
• Setup pirate accounts. 

Services that infringe third parties’ terms of service

We do not allow the infringement of third parties’ terms of service on Talk Buzz Tutor. As a valued member of the Talk Buzz Tutor community, we ask you to respect the broader Internet community and refrain from such violations in your Gig offerings. Gigs that are flagged for violations of third parties terms of service will be removed from the marketplace. 

Do not post, offer, or ask for services that infringe third parties’ terms of service. 

Misleading Services

Do not post, offer, or ask for:

Paid reviews

Positive or negative feedback on any product, service, or performance.

Testimonials

A written or spoken statement of a person extolling the virtues of a product or a service.  

Fake engagement and traffic

Followers, traffic, visitors, fans, views on social media platforms, or any other fake engagement on any platform.

Deepfakes

Deepfakes are created using artificial intelligence technology that superimposes the movements and words of one person onto another.

Services that promise outcomes that are not in your control 

In certain instances, sellers may be tempted to promise outcomes of their service which is not in their control. For example, guaranteeing to restore your Amazon account or promising an exact amount of viewers for a Youtube video by its digital promotion. Please refrain from promising outcomes that are not in your control because it misleads buyers. 

Homework and academic services

Talk Buzz Tutor’s marketplace is open for sellers to offer any creative and productive service they wish to propose. With that being said we ask to refrain from offering or asking for any academic work. Taking part in doing someone else’s academic work (which will likely be submitted as the student’s own work) or requesting academic work to be done for you, is unethical since it violates most schools’ Honor Codes and may constitute copyright infringement. Talk Buzz Tutor does not allow these types of fraudulent activities and it will not be permitted on our platform.

Do not post, offer, or ask for:

Writing of: Homework, academic papers, bibliography, letters of recommendation, college applications, etc.

Services That involve sharing personal information of third parties 

We do not allow services that breach 3rd-party rights and lead to spamming individuals. In order to ensure this policy, we ask that the data provided in these services will be unique to each order and will only contain business data. 

 Do not post, offer, or ask for:  

• Lists with data (such as email addresses or phone numbers) of individuals, only business data.
• Premade lists containing personal data.
• Scraping social media platforms to obtain information about others.  

Medical-related services

We do not allow services that are meant to provide any medical treatment, advice, or supply.  

Do not post, offer, or ask for:

• Medical treatment, advice on any medical condition, or pharmaceutical advice. 
• Any kind of medical drugs or pharmaceuticals.  
• Medical equipment or pharmaceutical supply.

Objectionable Content

Hate Speech

Talk Buzz Tutor defines hate speech as words or ideas that are designed to incite violence or hatred against a person, or group of people, defined on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, religion, age, disability, or other similar ground. Talk Buzz Tutor is committed to moving swiftly and aggressively to investigate conduct that has been flagged as hate speech, and will respond in a manner that is consistent with existing laws and the values of the company. We take hate speech violations very seriously, and anyone using hate speech towards another user or towards our customer support representatives will be removed from Talk Buzz Tutor. We will also take action against any user asking or delivering hate speech-related content on Talk Buzz Tutor.

Do not:

Use violent or dehumanizing speech against a person or group of people defined on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, religion, age, disability, or other similar ground. 

We do allow people to offer or ask for content regarding the research of hate speech or content that is related to the prevention of hate speech.

Discrimination

Under Talk Buzz Tutor’s community standards, discrimination means unfair or unequal treatment of an individual or group based on age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, race, religion, and sexual orientation.

Talk Buzz Tutor will investigate claims of discrimination on a case-by-case basis, and defend protected groups whenever possible.

Do not:

• Express your unwillingness to work with a person or a group of people based on age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or other similar ground.
• Publish, offer, or ask for any content that expresses or supports discriminatory ideas. 
• Offer or ask for the writing or editing of texts that support discriminatory ideas or practices.

Adult, Nudity, and Sexual Activity

Explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying is not allowed on Talk Buzz Tutor. If detected or reported, sexually explicit content will be blocked and participants could be banned from the marketplace. Gigs and deliveries portraying violent, graphic, or humiliating fetishes are also not allowed. 

Sexually explicit content featuring minors and content that seeks to sexually exploit minors is prohibited on Talk Buzz Tutor. We immediately report content that violates this policy to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who work with global law enforcement agencies.

Do not post, offer or ask for:

• Nude or adult related images, or videos.
• Sex or sexual partners.
• Sex chats or conversations.
• The execution of fetish scenarios.
• Sexually gratifying modeling.
• Sexually gratifying voiceovers.
• Content that depicts explicit sexual activity, unless the conditions for “documentary exception,” as listed above, exist.

Talk Buzz Tutor will act quickly to block transactions that feature child nudity and will flag the offending account for review.   

Documentary Exception

Talk Buzz Tutor will allow nudity when the primary purpose is educational, scientific, or artistic, and it isn’t gratuitous. For example, a video edit ordered by a midwife depicting proper breastfeeding technique would be appropriate, while creating a video with clips from the same film but used out of context for the purpose of sexual gratification, would not. Out-of-context nudity from indigenous communities, protests, medical procedures, childbirth, artistic performances, breastfeeding or like, may not meet our documentary exception. 

Fake News

Talk Buzz Tutor defines Fake News as false or intentionally misleading information or propaganda that is developed and presented as authentic news. If it is reported or flagged that Talk Buzz Tutor’s platform is being used to create or promote the spread of fake news; we will investigate and take action accordingly. 

Political and Election policies

Talk Buzz Tutor will not tolerate attempts to use the Talk Buzz Tutor marketplace to undermine elections. Election Interference is defined as any attempt to interfere with the voting process or to destabilize and undermine public faith in free and fair elections. 

Political affiliation

A user’s political affiliation is not a basis for rejecting an offer on Talk Buzz Tutor. 

Do not express your unwillingness to work with a person or a group of people based on political affiliation.