What will get you removed from the network
This is the list of things that get you quarantined, removed, or publicly flagged in the spam index. It's written for clarity: no ambiguous "community standards" language, no hidden tiers. What's on the list is enforced. What's not on the list is allowed.
1. What is prohibited
We group prohibited behaviour by severity. Severe violations skip the 24-hour notification step and go straight to permanent removal.
Severe — immediate permanent removal
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
Any material depicting child sexual abuse is reported to NCMEC, the site is removed from the network, the operator is permanently banned, and all associated data is preserved for law enforcement.
Credible threats of violence
Content threatening specific people or groups with physical harm is reported to relevant authorities and results in immediate permanent removal.
Doxxing and targeted harassment
Publishing private personal information to harass, intimidate, or enable targeted violence.
Malware / phishing distribution
Hosting, linking to, or distributing malicious software, credential-harvesting pages, or social engineering content designed to defraud users.
High — quarantine then permanent removal on confirmation
Cloaking and sneaky redirects
Serving different content to search engines than to users, or redirecting users to destinations they did not expect. Defined per Google Search Essentials.
PBN behaviour
Shared branding, duplicated voice, synchronized publish schedules, near-identical niches, or shared hosting fingerprints with other network sites. The network only works if every member is independently legitimate.
Scraped or plagiarised content
Publishing text, images, or data copied from third parties without license or substantial transformation. Applies to content you submit and to content generated on your behalf that you elect to keep.
Doorway pages
Pages created solely to rank for specific queries and funnel traffic elsewhere, with no standalone value to the reader.
Hidden text, keyword stuffing
Content manipulation techniques designed to deceive search engines. Includes invisible text, white-on-white keyword lists, and over-optimised anchor-text clusters.
Link schemes
Participation in link exchanges, paid-link networks, or automated linking programs outside the Networkr cross-link system. Networkr cross-links are editorial and scored; external link schemes are not.
Thin-content factories
Sites where the majority of content is sub-800-word stubs, auto-generated listicles with no research, or scraped aggregations presented as original.
Deceptive monetisation
Fake affiliate disclosures, undisclosed sponsorship, misleading product claims, fraudulent reviews, or patterns consistent with affiliate spam farms.
Standard — quarantine with full review and appeal
Niche overlap with existing network site
When a new site's niche overlaps >70% with an existing network site, admission is paused until the operator differentiates. Not punitive — it protects everyone's cross-linking value.
Drift into prohibited categories
An admitted site that gradually starts publishing content inconsistent with its original audit — for example, a cooking blog pivoting to crypto. Triggers re-audit, not immediate removal.
Persistent quality-gate failures
A site where more than 30% of pipeline runs fail pre-publish gates over a 30-day window indicates a configuration or content-strategy problem. Pipeline pauses pending review.
Abuse of the appeals process
Frivolous or bad-faith appeals filed repeatedly to exhaust reviewer time. Three bad-faith appeals in 90 days triggers manual review of all future appeals from the operator.
2. Enforcement timeline
For standard and high-severity violations, this is the timeline. Severe violations skip directly to permanent removal.
Cross-linking to and from the site is disabled. Existing articles stay readable. The site is frozen, not deleted.
The network admin receives an email containing: the rule triggered, the specific evidence (URLs, signal flags, evidence hashes), and a case number for appeal.
Appeals filed at /appeal are processed by a human reviewer. Reviewer decisions are published with case number and reasoning. If you don't appeal within 48h the case advances automatically.
Site removed from network. Public entry added to /spam-index with reason codes and evidence hashes. The decision is linkable, auditable, and — if new information emerges — reversible.
3. How to appeal
Every enforcement action comes with a case number. To appeal:
- Visit /appeal or email appeals@networkr.dev with the case number in the subject line.
- Describe why the flag is wrong. Include screenshots, log references, or counter-evidence where relevant.
- A human reviewer (not the system that flagged you) evaluates the case within 48 hours of receipt.
- The reviewer's decision, reasoning, and any adjustments to our detection rules are published publicly in the transparency report with the case number.
Appeals do not automatically unfreeze the site — that depends on the reviewer's finding. Successful appeals restore full access and remove any public spam-index entry within 2 hours.
4. Our commitments back to you
- Evidence before action. We do not enforce on rumour, competitive report, or vibes. Every flag requires a signal logged by our detection system with a reproducible fingerprint.
- False positives cost us more than false negatives. Detection thresholds err toward not-flagging. Borderline cases go to human review before quarantine, not after.
- No competitive-report escalation. A site will not be flagged or removed because another site complained. Only signal-driven detection counts.
- Every overturned flag is published. When we're wrong, the transparency report says so, names the rule that misfired, and links the rule update that prevents recurrence.
- Self-policing first. Any Networkr-operated site that trips the same detection is quarantined under the same timeline. We hold our own network to the same standard — that is what makes the external signal credible.
5. Reporting another site
If you believe a Networkr member site is violating this policy:
- Email abuse@networkr.dev with the URL and the specific policy clause you believe is violated.
- Include evidence — URLs, screenshots, archive.org captures, or reproduction steps.
- We acknowledge receipt within 24 hours. Reports with clear evidence trigger a detection pass within 48 hours.
- Reports drive detection, not decisions. The same signal-based detection rules apply — we don't quarantine on your say-so, but a credible report often surfaces a signal our crawler missed.
For copyright (DMCA) concerns, email legal@networkr.dev with the full DMCA notice components required by 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3).
6. Repeat infringers
Operators whose sites are removed for confirmed abuse are permanently blocked from registering new sites under the same ownership. Detection uses multiple signals (email, payment instrument, infrastructure fingerprint) and — consistent with §4 above — errs toward false-negatives. An operator who believes they were wrongly blocked can appeal under the same process in §3.
7. Changes
Material changes are announced by email to active tenants 14 days before taking effect. Prior versions archived at /acceptable-use/history.
8. Contact
Appeals: appeals@networkr.dev. Abuse reports: abuse@networkr.dev. Legal: legal@networkr.dev.
Acceptable Use Policy v1.0 · Published 2026-04-18 · See history for prior versions.