Anti-Exploitation Policy
Bookingbear.online is vehemently against all forms of exploitation and harm. Modern slavery, human and labour trafficking are abhorrent crimes that are often felt by the most vulnerable in our communities such as migrants, people of colour, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Bookingbear.online is committed to acting ethically by promoting a culture that supports harm reduction, human rights, transparency, and accountability in all of our business dealings. We believe everyone has the right to autonomy, safe working conditions, and to be treated with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Working towards fighting exploitation on and offline
- Informed Consent: This platform does not target or intend to target anyone under the age of 18, nor does it allow users under 18 to advertise on the platform.
- Supporting organisations based in harm reduction and fact: We provide our expertise and financial support to organisations that base their work on the principles of harm reduction and actively support those at risk of exploitation.
- Community Driven Policy: We work with experts and advocates in anti-exploitation and human rights to produce the best policies for our users, informed by credible research from organisations such as the WHO and Amnesty International.
- Active moderation: We hire directly from our community to ensure nuanced moderation decisions that provide appropriate support.
- Decriminalisation of sex work: We support the full decriminalisation of sex work to prevent trafficking and abuse.
Report Policy Violation
If you suspect a user, team member, contractor, or third party doing business on our behalf has violated this policy, please contact legal@Bookingbear.online.
We will investigate, and if the report is substantiated, corrective action will be taken, including but not limited to termination and legal action.
Resources
- Trafficking for sexual exploitation explainer by Freedom Unlimited
- Human trafficking and sex work video by Decriminalize Sex Work
- Why sex work should be decriminalized by Human Rights Watch
- Decriminalise sex work to prevent trafficking and abuse by openDemocracy
- Full decriminalisation of sex work in Australia [PDF] briefing paper by Scarlet Alliance
- Decreasing human trafficking through sex work decriminalization by the American Medical Association