Safety & Privacy

Coercion protection

For when someone is pressuring, controlling or watching you.

Chats for jobs, bookings and disputes

Why a Trade job, a booking or a dispute has its own chat, and what Barota review means.

Community notes

Helpful context added by the community, shown when it is genuinely useful.

Messaging & safety

Political speech and expression

What is protected, and the clear lines we never allow to be crossed.

Safety Centre

Find help fast, adapted to your country, whenever you need it.

Safety Check

Tell Barota you're OK at a set interval. If you stop, the people you chose are told.

The Council and the Safety Council

Two different things with similar names. This page says which is which, because one of them is running today and the other is not.

Safety from abuse and harassment

Confidential help for domestic abuse, harassment and feeling unsafe, wherever you are.

SOS

Call the emergency number for where you are, and tell your contacts at the same moment.

Suspensions and appeals

Why an account is suspended, what you can still do, and how to appeal.

Transparency reports

A regular, public account of how we moderate and protect.