Rally — Child Safety Standards

Last updated: July 25, 2026

Rally helps adults in New York City discover things to do and make plans with friends. These are our published standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). They apply to everyone who uses Rally and to everything posted on it.

Zero tolerance. Rally prohibits child sexual abuse and exploitation in every form. There is no warning, no strike system, and no second chance: accounts involved in CSAE are terminated, the content is removed, and we report to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and to law enforcement as required by law.

1. Who Rally is for

Rally is an adults-only service. You must be 18 or older to create an account, and our Terms require it. Rally is not directed to children, we do not knowingly allow anyone under 18 to register, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If we learn that an account belongs to a minor, we remove it and delete the associated data.

Some activities listed on Rally carry their own age requirements set by the venue or organizer (for example, 21+ where alcohol is served). Rally surfaces those requirements but does not override them.

2. What is prohibited

The following are banned on Rally, in profiles, photos, plan descriptions, group chats, listings, and every other surface:

Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — any image, video, or other depiction of the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a minor, including computer-generated, edited, or animated depictions.
Sexualization of minors — any content that sexualizes, or presents in a sexualized manner, a person under 18, whether real or fictional.
Grooming and solicitation — contacting, befriending, or building a relationship with a minor for sexual purposes; soliciting sexual content, sexual acts, or a meeting from a minor.
Sextortion — threatening to share a person's intimate images in order to obtain money, further images, or sexual acts.
Trafficking and facilitation — advertising, recruiting for, arranging, or otherwise facilitating the sexual exploitation of a minor.
Off-platform coordination — using Rally to arrange, advertise, or link to any of the above elsewhere.

Attempts count. So does linking to, praising, or seeking out this material.

3. How to report a child safety concern

Every piece of user-generated content on Rally can be reported from inside the app, and every report offers Child safety as a reason.

A person — open their profile and tap Report.
A message — press and hold the message in the chat, then tap the 🚩 flag in the bar that appears.
A plan — open the plan and tap 🚩 Report this plan.
A listing or event — open it and tap 🚩 Report this listing.
A group chat — open the group's details and tap Report.

Choose Child safety as the reason, and add anything that helps us find the content. A photo is reported through whatever carries it — the message, plan, or profile it appears in.

You can also block anyone from their profile. A blocked person cannot message you, send you a friend request, or see you in the app.

If you cannot use the in-app report — for example, you do not have an account — email us directly at hello@tryrallynow.com. Reports are accepted from anyone, anywhere, whether or not they use Rally.

If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first. In the United States you can also reach the NCMEC CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678.

4. What happens after a report

Triage. We review every report. Child safety reports are prioritized ahead of all other categories and are reviewed within 24 hours of receipt.
Removal. Content that violates these standards is removed. Where the report is credible but review is ongoing, we remove the content first and review afterwards.
Account action. Accounts involved in CSAE are terminated permanently. We take reasonable steps to prevent the same person from re-registering.
Preservation. We preserve the relevant content, account records, and log data as required for reporting and for any subsequent investigation, and we do not delete them on request while that obligation is live.
Reporting to authorities. Apparent CSAM is reported to NCMEC through the CyberTipline, as required of US providers under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A. Where a report concerns a user outside the United States, we report to the relevant national authority or hotline in addition to NCMEC. We cooperate with valid legal process from law enforcement.
Follow-up. We confirm receipt to the reporter where we have a way to reach them. We do not disclose the outcome of an investigation into another person's account.

5. How we reduce the risk

Adults only. The service is 18+ by design and by our Terms, and it is not directed to, marketed to, or made available for children.
Report and block on every surface. Profiles, messages, plans, groups, and listings each carry a report action, and any account can be blocked from its profile. Blocking is immediate and mutual in effect: a blocked account cannot message you or send you a friend request, any existing friendship is severed, and they no longer appear in your search results or contact matches.
Limited discovery. Rally is built around making plans with people you already know. Finding someone requires a friend request they must accept, an invitation to a plan, an exact email or phone match, or a name search — there is no location-based "people nearby" surface and no stranger-matching feature.
Moderation queue. Reports land in an append-only queue that we monitor daily. Reporters cannot see, edit, or withdraw one another's reports.
Standards kept current. We review this page at least annually, and whenever Rally ships a feature that changes how people can reach each other.

6. Designated point of contact

Our designated point of contact for child safety, able to speak to Rally's CSAE and CSAM prevention practices and compliance:

Andrea D'Arpa, operator of Rally
hello@tryrallynow.com

For all other safety, privacy, or account questions: hello@tryrallynow.com.

7. Compliance

Rally is operated in the United States and complies with applicable child safety laws, including the reporting duty in 18 U.S.C. § 2258A, and with the child safety requirements of the app stores that distribute Rally, including Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy and Apple's App Review Guidelines. Where a jurisdiction we serve imposes an additional reporting duty, we follow it.