Public policy

Speech & accountability

Yap is a voice platform. You own what you say. We block illegal content before it publishes — not offensive speech, slurs, or political viewpoint.

What we allow

  • Any lawful speech — including harsh, offensive, hateful, or extremist language
  • Insults, slurs, and provocative statements that do not cross into illegal conduct
  • Negative, positive, or neutral tone — all ranked by the same neutral rules
  • Gray-line and borderline content that remains lawful in the United States

What we block (pre-publish)

Illegal content cannot be posted. The platform stops it at compose time — no warning, no strike system. If it cannot be published, it does not go live.

  • Child sexual abuse material and solicitation
  • Credible threats of violence against people or places
  • Murder-for-hire and similar solicitation
  • Human trafficking solicitation
  • Other content illegal to host under applicable law

Bypass attempts (hidden unicode, HTML smuggling, leetspeak obfuscation) are normalized and scanned server-side.

Accountability

NYPTID Industries provides infrastructure for speech. Users are responsible for what they publish. We do not moral-police lawful posts, demote reach for viewpoint, or act as law enforcement.

If someone crosses from speech into illegal conduct, that accountability belongs to them and to authorities — not to the platform owner for lawful hosting.

Discovery & Following

Discovery — broad reach. Posts are ranked by neutral engagement and recency signals. No sentiment scoring. No “be more positive” layer. No brand-safety downrank for lawful speech.

Following — your network. Chronological posts from accounts you follow. No secret reordering.

Every Discovery post shows a plain-language reason it appeared — no black box.

What we do not do

  • Remove lawful posts because they are offensive or controversial
  • Shadow-limit reach for slurs, politics, or negativity
  • Require positivity or penalize “ratio” dynamics in ranking
  • Train AI on your tone to boost or suppress ideology