Shield tiers and badge rewards
A shield shows that an app or website passed the App Salute Trust PlusSocial guidelines. The level depends on how many safe-site factors were verified, and by whom.
Baseline Verified
Passed the online application plus the App Salute Trust AI baseline audit: valid security, no scam signals, honest terms.
- Safe Site — required
- No Scams — required
- Accessibility Safe — optional at this tier
- Sensitivity Safe — required
PlusSocial Standard
AI baseline plus a human reviewer confirming accessibility and sensitivity-safe behaviour against PlusSocial guidelines.
- Safe Site — required
- No Scams — required
- Accessibility Safe — required
- Sensitivity Safe — required
Member Audited Honors
Audited by App Salute Trust auditors together with PlusSocial members, including lived-experience testing across multiple conditions.
- Safe Site — required
- No Scams — required
- Accessibility Safe — required
- Sensitivity Safe — required
Embeddable seal
Certified owners get a seal to place on their own site. It links back to the public audit record so visitors can read the full breakdown.
App Salute Trust
PlusSocial Standard
Member badges
Reviews earn 10 contribution points, published reviewer findings earn 25. Badges unlock automatically.
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