Terms of use
Last updated 11 November 2026 (v3)
Not an emergency service
TTnow is for information only. Never wait for an alert or rely on the map in an emergency. Call 999, 990 or 811.
Reports are not verified
Stories and safety reports are gathered automatically from news outlets and police releases. They can be incomplete, late, placed in the wrong area or wrong. Each report shows its sources and how sure it is. Check the original story before acting on it or sharing it.
The news belongs to the outlets
Headlines, summaries and photos belong to the outlets that published them. TTnow shows short excerpts and always links to the full story on the outlet's site.
Talk: posting in the community
You are responsible for what you post in Talk. By posting you agree to the community rules shown before your first post:
- Don't name, accuse or identify anyone as a suspect. Only police and the courts decide who did it.
- No addresses, phone numbers, licence plates or anything that helps someone find a person.
- No threats, calls for violence or "jungle justice".
- Say what you saw, not what you heard. Heads-ups stay marked unverified until police or the news confirm them.
- Never identify a child, or anyone who has reported a sexual offence, in any way. This is against T&T law.
- No graphic images or descriptions of victims.
- Once someone is charged, don't comment on their guilt; the case is for the court.
- Don't describe a person by race or looks unless you are reporting a crime you saw. Say what happened.
You must be 18 or older to post.
Labels, heads-ups and closed discussions
- A Heads-up is something you saw yourself today. It is marked Unverified and expires after 6 hours unless police or a news outlet confirm it.
- "Seen on WhatsApp?" posts ask whether a message is true. The claim stays blurred until a moderator answers with a label: Confirmed, No evidence found, False or Corrected.
- Comments are off on stories about sexual offences, children, domestic violence and court verdicts, and they close when someone is charged.
- During a state of emergency, or when a discussion is moving very fast, posting is slowed and some posts are reviewed first.
Posts can be held for review, hidden after reports, edited out or removed, and phones that break the rules can be blocked, without notice. Moderators don't check every post before it appears and don't confirm that anything posted is true. A removed post counts against the phone that posted it, and the poster is told why; three removals stop a phone from posting.
If something about you is false or private
Use Report on the post and choose "Legal problem". Tell us who you are, what is false or private, and how to reach you. The post is hidden straight away and a moderator reviews it within 24 hours. The poster is told. We keep your complaint and a hidden copy of the post for 2 years in case a court asks for them. For a news story or crime report, use "Report a problem" on that story.
Accounts
An account is optional and free: an email address, a mobile number, or both. Give details that are yours. We use them to reach you about your posts and important changes, and to send TTnow news only if you asked for it. We may ask you to create an account before you post.
Deleting your posts
You can delete any post of yours from its menu, or delete your Talk name and everything you posted under You. Copies held for a legal complaint stay hidden for their 2 years.
Talk is not a way to report crime. In danger, call 999. To give information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers on 800-TIPS.
We give information we hold about a post to the police or anyone else only on a court order or production order. Every request is logged and counted on the About page. See Privacy for what we hold.
Fair use of the app
Don't use TTnow to harass anyone, to copy its content in bulk, or to overload or attack the service.
No warranty
TTnow is provided as it is, without any guarantee that it will be available, accurate or complete. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for losses that come from using it.
Contact
Use Contact TTnow or report a problem under You in the app.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.