Rules and takedowns

Demands,
not accusations.

What a cause is

A cause names one to six organizations and one action they should take. It is a public demand, backed by a market. It is not a statement of fact, a review, a verdict or a petition about a person.

Allowed

Companies, protocols, exchanges, apps, DAOs, institutions and public bodies, named as organizations.
Asking them to do something: list, publish, answer, fix, support, refund, explain, reconsider.
Opinions about decisions, products and policies, and links to public sources.

Not allowed

Private individuals as targets, and any person named in a way that is about them rather than a decision of their organization.
Claims or hints of fraud, theft, crimes, lies or other wrongdoing, whether or not you believe them.
Insults, threats, harassment, hate, sexual content, and anything about someone's private life.
Personal data: home addresses, phone numbers, family members, non-public documents.
Using a target's logo, or its name or trademark as a ticker. Alter sets every ticker and uses no logos.
Anything illegal where you or the target are, including market manipulation and securities offers.

How the rules are enforced

The create form checks every field before anything is signed and refuses what breaks the rules.
The site checks every cause again before showing it, so a cause opened directly through the contract still does not appear.
Reports are reviewed by a person. A cause that breaks the rules is hidden and the decision is written on-chain with its reason, in public.

Alter cannot delete a token: causes live on Pons and Robinhood Chain. Hiding removes it from this site and from everything Alter promotes; the token keeps whatever market it has elsewhere.

For targets: replies, reviews and takedowns

Reply. Post from your organization's official X account. We verify the account once and attach your reply to the cause, word for word, on-chain.
Review. If a cause breaks these rules or the law, tell us which cause (ALT-number), what is wrong and how to reach you. We answer within 72 hours, and hide first while we review anything that looks like a legal claim.
Legal notice. Formal notices go to the same address, with your full name, the organization, the cause and the reason.