Version 1.0 · Effective 3 October 2026 · Barota Ltd
Plain English. No legal jargon. These are the rules that keep Barota a safe, real community.
A safe, verified, real community. Your life on your terms.
Sharing your life, promoting your business, supporting your community, connecting with people, and creative expression.
These lead to an instant permanent ban and law enforcement referral: child sexual abuse material, terrorism and violent extremism, incitement to mass violence, sustained targeted harassment campaigns, doxxing, and non-consensual intimate images.
Hate speech, graphic violence, spam, deliberate misinformation, and copyright infringement.
Abusive language in posts and comments is checked automatically, in English today; content in other languages is reviewed by a person when it is reported. Repeated attempts to post abusive content result in escalating restrictions: first a warning, then a 24-hour posting restriction, then a 7-day suspension that ends by itself, then a suspension that stays until a person at Barota lifts it.
Dating and Matrimonial are strictly for people aged 18 and over. Before activating either, you must confirm on screen that you are 18 or older. Providing false information about your age is a violation of these guidelines and the Terms of Service, and may result in permanent account suspension and reporting to the relevant authorities. No unsolicited explicit content. No coercion or pressure. No sharing match contact details publicly. An emergency exit is always available. Meet in public places.
Honest listings only, real photos, accurate descriptions, prompt dispatch, and genuine reviews.
Your original content, proper attribution, and no misleading monetisation claims.
Accuracy, no fabrication, and proper source handling.
Hub owners are responsible for their community and must enforce these guidelines within their Hub.
Barota is free to join and free to take part in. Some tools to create and earn are separate subscriptions, and each one is its own plan (for example Bazaar to sell, Jobs to post jobs, Creator Plus to publish articles, Dating and Rishta for the private spaces). Your account type and your subscriptions are separate. Full prices and cancellation terms are in the Terms of Service and on the Subscriptions page. Founder accounts include everything.
Automated filter first, then human review on report. Repeated breaches within 30 days lead, in turn, to a warning at the third, a 24-hour posting restriction at the fifth, a 7-day suspension that ends by itself at the seventh, and at the tenth (or any grooming) a suspension that stays until a person at Barota lifts it, with law enforcement referral where the law requires. If several accounts try to post content these Guidelines don't allow, aimed at the same person or hub within a short time, each can be held from posting, commenting and messaging while a person at Barota reviews it.
Posts, profiles, hubs, events, listings and articles each have a report option. To report a message, report its sender from their profile. For urgent matters, email safety@barota.co.
A suspension is appealed from the suspension screen in the app, within 30 days of it beginning. A review hold and a 24-hour posting restriction are decided or end within a day, so they have no appeal; if you think one was wrong, email safety@barota.co. For any other decision, email legal@barota.co within 30 days.
Barota is for adults aged 18 and over, and age is verified rather than self-declared. We take under-age use extremely seriously. If you think an account belongs to someone under 18, report it (choose "Under 18") or email safety@barota.co immediately. We suspend any account we reasonably believe is under 18 and ask the person to verify their age; if they cannot show they are 18 or over, we remove the account and delete its data.
Barota is a global platform and protects political expression. You may criticise any government, leader, party or policy, and advocate for peaceful political movements and self-determination, including movements such as Khalistan. Protected speech stays up even when it is unpopular or when a government objects to it.
Criticising a government is protected. Attacking people because of who they are is not. We do not allow identity-based hatred targeting religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality or disability, incitement to violence, terrorism, or coordinated hate where groups act together to target people. Coordinated identity-based hate is detected and the accounts involved are suspended.
Posts that make health, medical or traditional-remedy claims carry a disclaimer that they are not medical advice. Always speak to a qualified professional. Content that could cause serious harm is removed.
Professional verification (49 per year) and matrimonial verification (79 per year) are optional. A verified badge means we checked a supporting document or identity at the time of approval. It is not a guarantee of quality and is not professional, legal or medical advice.
Members can add context to a post. Notes only appear once enough people from a broad range of viewpoints rate them helpful. Notes must be factual and follow these guidelines.
A member Safety Council advises on our safety policy and activates at 1,100 members. We publish a transparency report every quarter, whether the numbers are good or bad: reports received and actioned, our median response time, content removed, accounts suspended and removed, Council issues raised and resolved, law enforcement requests, and the data we sold, which is none.