Editorial & Curation Policy

The review standard

Getting a group listed on Groupizo is not automatic. We do not accept every submission.

Incoming groups go through a review process because a directory full of spam and dead links would be useless. These are the rules we apply.

Phase 1: Initial review

When someone submits a WhatsApp group link, it goes into a pending queue. Before it reaches the live site, it goes through two checks:

Link test: The system pings the WhatsApp invite link to verify it is technically active. If WhatsApp reports the link as revoked or expired, it gets deleted.
Manual review: A person looks at the group name and stated purpose, checks the country code, and verifies whether the category makes sense.

Phase 2: Content rules

Groups that fall into any of the following categories are removed. Repeat offenders may be blocked from submitting:

❌ Adult & Explicit Content Some categories are subject to stricter review and display rules. Listings that appear to involve explicit, exploitative, or inappropriate content are rejected or removed.

❌ Financial Scams & Phishing Any group promising "easy money," "guaranteed crypto returns," or requesting upfront payments is instantly scrubbed.

❌ Hatred & Harassment We do not host communities built around targeting, bullying, or spreading hate speech against any specific group of people.

Phase 3: Ongoing maintenance

Publishing a group is not the end of the process. WhatsApp links expire when admins reset them, and groups change over time. Here is how we handle that:

Community reporting: There is a "Report" button on every group page. If a group receives multiple reports for being dead, off-topic, or spam, it gets flagged and hidden from the directory until reviewed.
Invite status monitoring: Our system checks published invite links and updates listing status when changes are detected. Groups with revoked links are marked and the join button is disabled. The listing stays in the database to avoid unnecessary 404 errors, but it is clearly shown as revoked or unavailable.

This process is how we keep the directory usable over time.

What we stand by

We do not use AI to generate thin pages. Each group listing exists because a link was submitted, reviewed, and verified.

Groupizo was built to solve one problem: finding an active WhatsApp group was harder than it needed to be. This editorial policy exists to keep the directory useful. If a group is listed here, it should work. If it stops working, our system monitors for that and updates the listing when a change is detected.