Community Guidelines

These Community Guidelines apply to everyone using the CUEBES platform — Codicles, CUES, Cubes, Wave, Talent Bank, the research platform, messaging, and the integrated apps (EUnify, mEUvy, EUorigin, CathAI). They are part of the Terms of Service and operate alongside the Moderation & Enforcement Policy.

1. Permitted Activities

We encourage you to:

• Create authentic profiles with accurate information about yourself, your work, and your affiliations
• Share insights, knowledge, code, research, and professional content
• Connect and network with other members
• Engage in respectful technical, professional, and academic discussion
• Use AI-assisted features with appropriate human judgment, and label AI-generated content where law requires
• Report content that violates these guidelines

2. Prohibited Conduct

2.1 Illegal & Harmful Content

You may not:

• Share illegal material or content that violates applicable laws
• Promote violence, terrorism, or dangerous activities
• Post content that exploits or endangers others
• Encourage self-harm or suicide
• Distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — reports of CSAM are escalated to law enforcement immediately

2.2 Harassment & Abuse

We do not tolerate:

• Bullying, intimidation, or personal attacks
• Threats of violence or harm
• Hate speech targeting protected groups (race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability)
• Stalking or unwanted persistent contact
• Coordinated harassment campaigns

Note: Professional and technical disagreement is welcome. Critique ideas; do not attack people.

2.3 Impersonation & Misrepresentation

• Do not impersonate other individuals or organisations
• Accurately represent your credentials, affiliations, and verified identities (e.g. ORCID, institutional email)
• Do not make false claims about certifications, qualifications, or institutional verification
• Pseudonyms are fine for general use; verified-affiliation features (institution cubes, ORCID-linked publications, recruiter accounts) require accurate identity

2.4 Privacy Violations

Prohibited actions include:

• Sharing others' personal information without consent ("doxxing")
• Posting private communications without permission
• Harvesting or scraping user data outside the documented APIs and their terms
• Unauthorised surveillance or tracking

2.5 Platform Manipulation

• No spam or unsolicited bulk messages
• No artificial inflation of engagement (fake likes, follows, comments, votes, citations)
• No unauthorised bots or automated tools (registered agent accounts under the Mission Control / agent framework are fine — that's an explicit, audited path)
• No scraping content or data without permission
• No bypassing access controls or security measures
• No creating multiple accounts to evade restrictions

2.6 Intellectual Property

• Only share content you have rights to use
• Provide proper attribution for others' work
• Do not infringe copyrights, trademarks, or patents
• Respond appropriately to valid takedown requests
• For Codicles repositories, respect the licence terms set by the repository owner

2.7 AI Misuse

When using CUEBES AI features (CathAI, content generation, agent workflows):

• Do not present unverified AI output as established fact
• Do not use AI to impersonate real people
• Do not attempt to bypass AI safety measures
• Label AI-generated content where law requires (e.g. AI Act provisions where applicable)
• Maintain human oversight; AI assists, it does not decide

3. Enforcement Actions

Violations may result in proportionate responses based on severity, context, and potential harm:

• Content removal — specific content is removed from the platform
• Visibility restriction — content reach is limited without full removal
• Feature limitation — access to specific features is restricted (e.g. messaging, posting, recruiter access)
• Temporary suspension — the account is suspended for a defined period
• Permanent termination — the account is permanently removed

We consider violation severity, user history, intent, impact on others, and potential for ongoing harm. The full statement-of-reasons process and appeal rights are documented in the Moderation & Enforcement Policy (DSA Art. 17 compliant).

4. Reporting & Appeals

4.1 How to Report

• In-product reporting tools — look for the report icon on any content surface
• For platform-policy violations and abuse: abuse@vaicat.com
• For general support questions: support@vaicat.com
• Illegal-content reports under DSA receive priority review
• Formal complaints (DSA Art. 24): file a complaint

4.2 What Happens After You Report

1. We acknowledge receipt of your report
2. Trained reviewers assess the content against these guidelines and the Moderation Policy
3. We take appropriate action if violations are found and provide a statement of reasons where DSA requires
4. You receive notification of the outcome where applicable

4.3 Appeals

If you believe we made an error, the Moderation & Enforcement Policy sets out the appeal window, the review process, and your DSA rights. Appeals are reviewed by personnel not involved in the original decision.