COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Last Modified on 22/06/2026
Introduction
At Commentator, our goal is to revolutionise sport broadcasting – by providing billions of fans with the discretion to enjoy the magic of sport in the way they want to and by removing the barriers for entry for broadcasters. To achieve this, we believe that welcoming all voices to be essential.
These Community Guidelines are designed to ensure everyone is welcomed, to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience free of illegal, harmful, and negative interactions, and to ensure the Commentator platform and any related services remain a safe and enjoyable environment for all.
These Community Guidelines provide the guardrails for everyone who uses or interacts with any Commentator platforms or related services.
Whether you are a broadcasters, listener or other contributor, it is important that you are aware of these Community Guidelines and what is not allowed on our platform. These Community Guidelines and the examples provided herein are not exhaustive and are for illustrative purposes only.
These Community Guidelines are to be read in conjunction with the Commentator Terms of Service and all other platform rules or guidelines that Commentator makes available.
Commentator may make changes to these Community Guidelines at any time, and will do so after consideration and/or in conjunction with advice, contributions or suggestions individuals or organisations.
General
Who these guidelines apply to
These guidelines apply to all individuals and organisations who use or interact with the Commentator platform and its related services.
How to report a complaint or issue
Commentator provides broadcasters with an easily accessible Report Button. If any users encounter any conduct, content or activity that violates these Community Guidelines, contact admin@commentator.com.au.
What happens when these Guidelines are breached?
Commentator takes every complaint seriously. Commentator will evaluate every complaint on its merits with context in mind. Commentator believes that context is important when evaluating potential breaches of these Community Guidelines.
Enforcement
Enforcement of breaches of these Community Guidelines may vary depending on the severity, type of breach and history of the individual or organisation breaching the Community Guidelines.
Our enforcement actions may range from warnings to complete bans of accessing the Commentator platform and its related services.
General Safety
Sexual Harassment or Promotion of Sexual Harassment
Commentator strictly prohibits any conduct that could be classified as sexual harassment or misconduct or incites, promotes or encourages sexual misconduct, violence or harassment towards any player, associate or affiliate of sporting clubs, fans or any other persons.
Violent or Dangerous Content
Do not promote violence, incite hatred, vilify anyone or any group, harass, bully or engage in any other behaviour that could put another person or groups of persons at risk of violence.
Commentator understands that certain sporting events are expected to carry with them a level of aggression and violence. Commentator also understands that as part of broadcasting a sport, criticism of the sport, sportspersons or other persons related to a sporting club is necessary, and may be a desirable feature. However, behaviour that poses a risk of violence or results in harm goes beyond this and is not permitted.
Terrorism
The Commentator platform and services are not designed and built for users to organise, incite, arrange or conduct acts of terrorism.
Any conduct that incites, promotes or displays acts of terror or violent extremism is strictly prohibited. This includes any content that seeks to radicalize users or instructs acts of terror, as well as any content involving radicalization, recruitment or propaganda on behalf of recognized terrorist organizations.
Personal Safety
We understand that broadcasters and listeners should be able to discuss sensitive topics related to self-harm or mental health, especially when that relates to sport or sports persons. We want Commentator to be a safe space to do so.
However, harming yourself, or discussing self-harm, can be dangerous for not only yourself but for listeners and those around you and is therefore prohibited. We also prohibit activity that may endanger your life, lead to your physical harm, or encourage others to engage in physically harmful behaviour.
Doxxing
The unauthorised or non-consensual release of any private personally identifying information about a person or organisation (referred to as doxxing) is prohibited on the Commentator platform and any related services.
Respecting the privacy of all persons, especially the sports persons for which the broadcaster is commentating is integral to the continued safety of the Commentator community and community at large.
Racism and Hate Speech
Sports are greatly benefitted by being multicultural. Every race and culture is represented in sports and Commentator believes that sports and sports broadcasting are greater for this and wishes to foster this.
Racism and hate speech are strictly prohibited on the Commentator platform and related services.
We intentionally leave this section as basic as possible so as to capture all forms of racism and/or hate speech.
Public Disturbances
We understand that sport generates large numbers of fans who may congregate in large groups. Trust us, we are some of those fans. We want to encourage such instances. We think those moments are some of the greatest moments that a person can experience.
However, we also are wary that such instances can turn into public disturbances, and urge all broadcasters and listeners to take this into account.
We also understand that, on occasion, people are allowed to congregate and watch sports in public places together. That is why context is important here.
Encouraging public disturbances or meet ups which may fall outside of such instances are prohibited. Actions that cause or are likely to cause significant public disruption are prohibited.
Authenticity, Scams and Deceptive Conduct
Trust in the Commentator platform and the persons that use it is central to achieving Commentator’s goals and creating the communities and experiences that we want to foster.
Authenticity
Impersonating any individual or organisation, or producing any content that is meant to impersonate an individual or organisation is prohibited.
Scams and Malicious Conduct
Any conduct, content or activity that violates the integrity of the Commentator platform and its related services or any user of the Commentator platform and its related services is strictly prohibited.
Such conduct or content is harmful to the Commentator experience and creates a negative experience. This is the context for which this section shall be evaluated.
Deceptive Conduct
This section is designed to capture all other deceptive conduct that is not captured by the above. Any conduct, content or activity that is malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or disruptive to the Commentator platform and its related services or its users, partners, affiliates, associates, employees, friends or any other individual or organisation is prohibited.
Such conduct, content or activity could include, but is not limited to, posting spam, unauthorised advertisements, phishing, attempting or factually spreading malware or viruses, tampering with Commentator software or selling user’s account.