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148 changes: 121 additions & 27 deletions Acceptable Usage Policy.md
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*Last updated: 03. June, 2022*
_Last updated: 06. December, 2023_

# Acceptable Usage Policy

This **Acceptable Usage Policy** (**AUP**) applies to the official instance of Revolt available at [revolt.chat](http://revolt.chat). Self-hosted instances may choose to adopt this AUP if they wish.
This **Acceptable Usage Policy** (**AUP**) applies to the official instance of Revolt available at [revolt.chat](http://revolt.chat). Self-hosted instances may choose to adopt this AUP if they wish.

## Community Guidelines

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Online communities have the potential to change people's lives, so we want to encourage a positive environment for anyone willing to join.

### What We Don't Allow
### Keeping You Safe

Engaging in any of the following actions will result in a warning and may lead to having your account suspended.
To ensure users stay safe on the platform, we disallow:

- Creating accounts or using existing accounts to send unsolicited advertisements to other people on the platform or to harass other individuals on the platform.
- Sharing any kind of copyrighted content, or any type of content that violates another person's personal, intellectual property or other rights. This includes any content that would violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We respond to DMCA requests as described in our [Terms of Service](https://revolt.chat/terms).
- Using Revolt for illegal operations. These include, but are not limited to, hacking, the cracking or distribution of pirated software, cheats, exploits or hacks for our or another company or person's service.
- Using Revolt with malicious intent, in a way that is not reasonable under normal usage, in order to outsource computing and/or storage resources to our servers, as well as other forms of Denial of Service to our infrastructure.
- Sharing any type of imagery that depicts real-life violence, gore or animal cruelty. However, an exception to this rule has been made for violence portrayed in media (including movies, games, books and such).
- The selling and buying of Revolt accounts is prohibited.
- **Violent extremism**

To report any of the above activity, contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
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Please note we are *committed to resolving every single report*. Please be patient and **do not spam our support team** - we appreciate your concerns and will act upon them.
- **Misinformation & conspiracy theories**

### What We Can't Allow
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Engaging in any of the following will result in **immediate account termination** as well as content removal. You may also be **blacklisted** from using our services indefinitely.
- **Hate speech & hateful conduct**

- Sharing any content or imagery that is illegal ([see footnote](#jurisdiction)). We don't want you or us to get into any legal trouble, so stay in line by not engaging in illegal activities or sharing illegal content such as, but not limited to, sharing any pornography that is subject to legal age restrictions, pornography that depicts minors, revenge pornography, the selling or facilitating the usage of drugs, extortion or blackmail.
- Sharing any content promoting, encouraging or glorifying self-harm or suicide. This includes any content that pushes people to cut or injure themselves; that embraces eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia; or that encourages people to commit suicide as opposed to referring them to the correct treatment and help. If you notice someone in need of urgent help, **please contact your local authorities**.
- Attempts to hack or otherwise gain unauthorised access to our service - for example, accessing another person's account without permission, or attempting to steal another person's account. This also includes attempts to gain access to our backend networks. **Please contact us ahead of time for permission to test our networks by emailing [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).**
- Distributing malware such as viruses, trojans, worms, etc. Any software designed with malicious intent to attack another person or to steal their data is not tolerated.
- Sharing content that is designed to harass or degrade someone else, or that can directly threaten someone's physical, mental or financial state. This includes death threats, doxxing (sharing personal information without permission), or ignoring someone's privacy.
For this purpose, we define hate speech as any form of expression that attacks, promotes harm, or promotes hatred against other people based on their protected characteristics.

To report any of the above activity, contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
We define the following as protected characteristics: age; caste; color; disability; ethnicity; family responsibilities; gender; gender identity; housing status; national origin; race; refugee or immigration status; religious affiliation; serious illness; sex; sexual orientation; socioeconomic class and status; source of income; status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking; and weight and size.

- **Promoting, encouraging or glorifying self-harm or suicide**

This includes any content that pushes people to cut or injure themselves; that embraces eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia; or that encourages people to commit suicide as opposed to referring them to the correct treatment and help. If you notice someone in need of urgent help, _please contact your local authorities_.

- **Promoting, organising or engaging in illegal behaviour on platform**

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- **Promoting off-platform content that violates our acceptable usage policy**

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- **Sharing any deemed illegal**

This includes - but is not limited to - sharing any pornography that is subject to legal age restrictions, pornography that depicts minors, revenge pornography, the selling or facilitating the usage of illegal drugs, extortion or blackmail.

Information about our jurisdictions are provided at the bottom of this document.

- **Sharing content designed to harass or degrade someone, or that can directly threaten someone's physical, mental, or financial state**

This includes death threats, doxing (sharing personal information without permission), or ignoring someone's privacy.

- **Sharing any content that violates another person's intellectual property or other rights**

This includes any content that would violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We respond to DMCA requests as described in our [Terms of Service](https://revolt.chat/terms). This includes, but is not limited to, hacking, the cracking or distribution of pirated software, cheats, exploits or hacks for our or another company or person's service.

- **Sharing any imagery that depicts real-life violence, gore, or animal cruelty**

An exception is made in regards to violence potrayed in media (within the context of journalism, movies, games, music, books, and such).

- **Distributing malware**

Any software designed with malicious intent to attack another person or to steal their data is not tolerated.

- **Impersonation of individuals, groups, etc with intent to cause harm or deception**

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- **Soliciting or providing sexual content to minors**

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- **Engaging in sexual conduct with minors**

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- **As a minor, engaging in any conduct that puts your safety at risk**

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- **Sharing sexually explicit content in places where it can't be age restricted**

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To report any of the above activity, please use the in-app reporting system. If you cannot use the in-app reporting system for any reason, please contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

### Keeping It Fair

To ensure users have equal opportunity to use the service and are not taken advantage of, we disallow:

- **Unsolicited advertising**

Creating accounts or using existing accounts to send unsolicited advertisements to other people on the platform.

- **Financial scams / fraud**

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- **Buying and selling of Revolt accounts**

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- **Selling, purchasing or providing means to artificially grow servers**

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this includes botting and paid advertisements

- **Evasion of permanent platform level moderation actions**

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- **Engaging in hacking** (phishing, malware, DoS, etc)

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- **Attempts to hack or otherwise gain unauthorised access to our service**

For example, accessing another person's account without permission, or attempting to steal another person's account. This also includes attempts to gain access to our backend networks. _Please contact us ahead of time for permission to test our networks by emailing [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])._
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- **Abusing our server resources**

Using Revolt with malicious intent, in a way that is not reasonable under normal usage, in order to outsource computing and/or storage resources to our servers, as well as other forms of Denial of Service to our infrastructure.

- **Use of user bots** (any automated activity from user accounts not initiated by the user in question)

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- **Misleading the support team**

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To report any of the above activity, please use the in-app reporting system. If you cannot use the in-app reporting system for any reason, please contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

### Strikes

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### Jurisdiction

We abide by laws within the following jursdictions:
We abide by laws within the following jurisdictions:

| Jurisdiction | Reason |
|--------------|--------|
| United Kingdom, Poland | Service operator |
| Germany | Data storage |
| Lithuania | Media storage |
| European Union | 👍 |
| Jurisdiction | Reason |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------- |
| United Kingdom | Service operator |
| Germany, Finland | Data storage |
| Lithuania | Media storage |
| European Union | Encompasses our area of operation |