Community Guidelines

These Guidelines say what belongs on Italy Lions and what does not. They apply everywhere on the platform — posts, comments, Stories, Reels, Lion Messenger, Lion Market, business profiles, jobs, rentals, events, Lion Transport, Lion Grocery, Community ideas and member profiles.

Last updated: 21 September 2026.

Italy Lions is 18+. You must be at least 18 years old to create or use an Italy Lions account. These Guidelines sit alongside the Terms & Conditions, which are the binding agreement; where the two differ, the Terms decide.

1. The three basics

• Be real. Use your own name, your own photo and true information. One personal account per person.
• Be lawful. Nothing that is illegal in Italy is allowed here, whatever it is worth and however it is described.
• Disagree with the idea, not the person. Making your case, saying you had a bad experience with a business, or not agreeing with an opinion is welcome. Insulting the member who holds it is not.

2. Illegal content and illegal activity

Do not use Italy Lions to commit, arrange, advertise or assist anything that is against the law. This includes, and is not limited to:

• Selling or offering stolen goods, or goods you cannot lawfully sell.
• Counterfeit goods — fake brands, fake labels, replica items sold as genuine.
• Controlled drugs, weapons, explosives, or anything requiring a licence you do not hold.
• Piracy — pirated films, television, music, software, streaming subscriptions, IPTV lines, or codes and accounts you have no right to resell.
• Forged or falsified documents of any kind: permits, contracts, certificates, identity documents, residence documents or payslips.
• Undeclared or exploitative work, or any arrangement that depends on a worker's immigration status to keep them silent.
• Anything involving a person under 18 in a sexual context. There is no threshold, no context and no appeal for this: the account is removed permanently and reported to the authorities.

3. Fraud, scams and impersonation

• No scams and no money fraud. Do not take money for goods, services, rooms, jobs, rides, documents or tickets you cannot or will not provide. Do not ask for a deposit, a "release fee", a "processing fee" or a top-up card before a member has seen what they are paying for.
• No advance-fee requests. Nobody on Italy Lions should ever ask you to send money to prove you are serious.
• No impersonation. Do not present yourself as another member, as a business you do not run, as a lawyer, doctor, commercialista, CAF or consultant you are not, or as Italy Lions itself. Italy Lions staff never ask for your password and never ask for money.
• No fake reviews. Do not write reviews of your own business, pay for reviews, or post negative reviews of a competitor. Honest accounts of a real experience — good or bad — are welcome and stay.
• No fake identity documents or fake credentials on a profile, a business page or a job listing.

4. Harassment, threats, hate and dangerous content

• No harassment. Repeated unwanted contact, following someone across the platform, or pressuring a member who has asked you to stop.
• No threats of violence against anyone, their family or their property.
• No hate content. Racism, casteism, religious abuse, and abuse based on nationality, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or age are not tolerated.
• No vulgar or abusive language, in any language — Sinhala, Tamil, English or Italian. Italy Lions checks what you type on your own device, before it is sent: a message or comment containing abusive words is refused, and nothing you typed is stored or sent to us when that happens. Nobody reads your private messages to do this — see the Privacy Policy.
• No sexual content or sexual advances. Italy Lions is not a dating platform.
• No content that encourages self-harm, suicide, eating disorders or dangerous acts. If you are worried about someone, contact the emergency services on 112 rather than posting about it.
• No glorification of violence or of violent organisations.

5. Spam and misleading content

• No repeated posting of the same content, no posting the same listing many times to stay at the top, and no automated posting.
• No off-topic promotion in comments, in Lion Messenger, or under other members' posts.
• No misleading headlines, no fake urgency, and no claiming a price, stock level or availability that is not real.
• No chain messages, pyramid schemes, "financial opportunities", recruitment into investment schemes, or crypto promotions.
• No phishing: no links designed to collect somebody's password, card details or documents.

6. Listings: goods, jobs, rentals, rides

Everything you list is your listing and your responsibility. Italy Lions does not inspect goods, vet employers, visit properties or check vehicles, and a listing appearing here is not a recommendation.

• Lion Market. Describe the item honestly, including faults. Show the real item in your own photographs. Do not list prohibited, counterfeit or stolen goods.
• Jobs. Only list work that genuinely exists. State the role, the place and the conditions truthfully. Never charge a candidate a fee to apply, to be considered, or to be hired, and never ask an applicant to hand over original documents.
• Rentals and Lion Homes. Only list a property you are entitled to let. Rental listings must not discriminate unlawfully — including on nationality, ethnicity, religion, family status or disability. Do not ask for money or documents before the member has seen the property.
• Lion Transport and community rides. A ride shared here is a private arrangement between members, not a licensed taxi or coach service. Do not offer paid passenger transport you are not licensed to provide. Your vehicle, licence and insurance are your responsibility, and they must cover the journey you are offering.
• Business profiles. List your real business, at its real address, with contact details that work. A business profile on Italy Lions is a community listing, not a verification, an endorsement or a guarantee by us.

7. Other people's privacy

• No doxxing. Do not publish another person's address, telephone number, email address, workplace, documents, immigration status or family details without their agreement.
• No private conversations in public. Do not screenshot and post a private Lion Messenger conversation to shame or expose somebody.
• No photographs of people who have not agreed. Take particular care with anyone who could be under 18 and with photographs taken inside temples, churches, schools, hospitals and workplaces.
• No secret recording of calls or conversations posted here.

8. Copyright and other people's work

Post your own photographs, video and writing, or content you have permission to post. Do not re-upload someone else's film, music, news article or photography as if it were yours. Where Italy Lions supports embedding a video from another platform, use that — it keeps the credit and the view with the person who made it.

If something here infringes your copyright, write to info@italylions.com with the link, a description of the work, and a statement that you hold the rights. See the Terms for what we do next.

9. How to report something

Use the Report button. It is on posts, comments, Stories, Reels, Lion Market listings, Community ideas, member profiles, business profiles, events and private messages. Every report goes to the same moderation queue.

Where a surface has no Report button yet, or the matter is urgent, email info@italylions.com with a link and what happened.

Reports are confidential. We do not tell the other member who reported them.

10. What we do when a rule is broken

We choose the measure that fits what happened. Depending on how serious it is, whether it has happened before, and what harm was caused, we may:

• issue a warning;
• remove the post, comment, listing, Story or review;
• close a Lion Messenger conversation;
• restrict a feature — posting, messaging, listing or reviewing;
• suspend the account temporarily;
• remove the account permanently; and
• where the law requires it or someone is at risk, report the matter to the authorities.

A reason is recorded with every action we take, so that the decision can be reviewed later and explained to the member affected. Decisions are issued in the name of Italy Lions — we do not name the moderator who acted, and we do not name the member who reported.

11. If you think a decision was wrong

Write to info@italylions.com, saying what was removed or restricted and why you think the decision was wrong. A person will look at it again, and we will tell you the outcome. Nothing here limits any right you have under Italian or EU law.

See also the Terms & Conditions, the Privacy Policy and the Event & Ticket Terms.