Repeat Offender Policy

1. Purpose & Rationale

Friendium is a real-identity social network designed to foster trust, accountability, and meaningful interaction. Repeated violations undermine community safety, user trust, and platform integrity.

This Repeat Offender Policy exists to:

• Protect users from persistent harmful behavior
• Ensure consistent and proportionate enforcement
• Deter abuse of the platform and its features
• Reduce enforcement evasion tactics
• Safeguard Friendium and Nexa-Group from legal, reputational, and operational risk

2. Definition of a Repeat Offender

A repeat offender is any account that engages in multiple violations over time, regardless of whether those violations are identical in nature.

Repeat behavior may include:

• Repeated harassment, bullying, or abusive conduct
• Recurring hate speech or discriminatory behavior
• Multiple misinformation violations
• Ongoing privacy abuse or doxxing attempts
• Repeated content removals for policy breaches
• Attempts to evade enforcement using alternate accounts

3. Violation Tracking & History

Friendium maintains internal enforcement records that may include:

• Prior warnings and notices
• Temporary restrictions or feature limitations
• Content removals or visibility limitations
• Appeals outcomes
• Behavioral patterns over time

Violation history is assessed holistically rather than as isolated incidents.

4. Escalation Framework

Enforcement escalates progressively based on severity, frequency, and risk:

• Stage 1: Educational warning and policy notice
• Stage 2: Temporary feature limitations
• Stage 3: Time-limited account suspension
• Stage 4: Extended suspension or permanent ban

Friendium reserves the right to skip stages in cases involving serious harm, threats, or illegal activity.

5. Pattern-Based Enforcement

Enforcement decisions consider patterns such as:

• Frequency of violations within defined timeframes
• Similarity or escalation of harmful behavior
• Disregard for prior warnings
• Targeting of specific individuals or groups
• Impact on community safety

6. High-Risk Repeat Offenders

Accounts may be designated as high-risk repeat offenders when behavior indicates credible harm, manipulation, or abuse.

High-risk indicators include:

• Threats of violence or intimidation
• Sexual exploitation or abuse
• Child safety violations
• Coordinated harassment campaigns
• Persistent evasion of enforcement

7. Enforcement Evasion

Friendium strictly prohibits attempts to evade enforcement, including:

• Creating alternate or replacement accounts
• Using third parties to continue violations
• Manipulating identity or account information
• Automated or scripted activity to bypass restrictions

Evasion may result in immediate permanent suspension.

8. Relationship to Appeals

Repeat offender status does not eliminate appeal rights; however, violation history is considered during appeal review.

Appeals that do not address underlying behavior patterns are unlikely to succeed.

9. Transparency & Accountability

Aggregated data on repeat offender enforcement may be included in:

• Transparency & Enforcement Reports
• Safety & Integrity Reviews
• Internal audits and compliance reviews

10. Legal & Regulatory Alignment

This policy supports Friendium’s obligations under:

• Online safety regulations
• Harassment and abuse prevention laws
• Child protection frameworks
• Platform integrity and consumer protection requirements

11. Policy Updates

Friendium may update this policy as needed to address emerging threats, regulatory changes, or platform risks.

12. Contact

Trust & Enforcement: trust@friendium.com
Appeals: appeals@friendium.com
Legal & Compliance: legal@nexa-group.org