Trust is part of the product
Read boldly.
Build carefully.
Lantern is designed for intimate stories, complicated worlds, and real conversation. These founding policies protect creative freedom without treating harm, theft, or harassment as somebody else’s problem.
Privacy
What Lantern collects, why it is needed, where it is handled, and how to request access or deletion.
Read the policy →02Private Alpha Terms
The plain-language rules for free testing, accounts, submissions, ownership, and an unfinished service.
Read the policy →03Community Standards
A humane baseline for comments, moderation, author conduct, reader safety, and anti-harassment.
Read the policy →04Copyright & Plagiarism
Rights promises, reporting instructions, repeat violations, and the limits of Lantern’s current DMCA process.
Read the policy →05Content Ratings
An 18+ alpha with consistent labels for General, Teen, Mature, and Explicit stories.
Read the policy →Founding promise
Standards should be legible.
During private alpha, Lantern may revise these policies as testers uncover gaps. Material changes will be dated and explained before anyone is asked to pay or accept a publishing agreement.