1. Child sexual abuse and exploitation is prohibited
These standards apply to everyone who uses Bantu African Dating, published on Google Play and the App Store by Bayatech LLC. Child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) is strictly prohibited on Bantu, in every part of it: profiles, photos, videos, posts and dates on Who’s in, and chats. Prohibited content and conduct includes:
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM): any image, video, drawing, text or AI-generated content that shows or describes a minor in a sexual way. Posting, sending, asking for, or linking to it.
- Sexualising a minor in any way, including comments, captions and messages.
- Grooming: contacting, befriending or manipulating a minor, or anyone looking after a minor, to abuse or exploit them.
- Sextortion: threatening to share intimate images of a minor, or pressuring a minor for them.
- Trafficking a minor, or offering, buying or arranging the sexual exploitation of a minor.
- Arranging to meet a minor, or using a date on Bantu to reach one.
This is also in our terms of use. One breach is enough for a permanent ban; there is no warning.
2. Bantu is for adults only
You must be 18 or over to use Bantu. Everyone gives their birth date when they sign up, and our server refuses anyone under 18. A birth date cannot be changed after sign-up. We remove the account of anyone we find to be under 18, whatever they said when they joined.
3. How to report
In the app: tap Report on any profile, post, date or chat and choose Under 18, or Inappropriate photos or videos, and tell us more. A report blocks you from each other everywhere on Bantu at once, ends any chat between you, and keeps a copy of what you reported so it can't be erased by deleting it.
By email: write to support@bantulove.com with the subject “Child safety”. You don't need a Bantu account to report.
If a child is in danger right now, call your local police first. You can also report child sexual abuse material to the NCMEC CyberTipline or, outside the United States, to your country's hotline through INHOPE.
Don't download, screenshot or forward abuse material, even to report it. Tell us where it is.
4. What we do
- We review every child safety report, ahead of other reports.
- We remove the content and permanently ban the account. A banned phone number can't sign up again.
- We keep the evidence, out of public view, for the authorities.
- We report child sexual abuse material and child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), as United States law requires, and to the police where it happened when we know where that is.
- We cooperate with law enforcement investigating CSAE and answer their lawful requests.
5. The law
Bayatech LLC complies with child safety laws, including the United States' reporting duty (18 U.S.C. § 2258A), and the laws of the countries where Bantu is used, including Kenya's Children Act and Sexual Offences Act.
6. Child safety contact
Our child safety point of contact, for members, parents and the authorities, is support@bantulove.com. Bantu African Dating is operated by BayaTech LLC, 5960 S Land Park Dr #768, Sacramento, CA 95822, USA.