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ONLINE MEMBERS AREA COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

These community guidelines apply to your use of our Platform while you have an Account with us, including all User Content, and forms part of the Online Members Area Terms and Conditions available here: (link)

In these Guidelines, defined terms have the same meaning as in our Online Members Area Terms and Conditions. 

 

  1. Only use the Platform in a manner and for a purpose that is lawful.
  2. Do not use another user’s Account.
  3. Do not use the Platform to stalk, bully, abuse, harass, defame, harm, threaten, intimidate or otherwise mistreat anyone else.
  4. Do not use the Platform to solicit money or other items of value from another user, whether as a gift, loan, or form of compensation.
  5. Do not use the Platform to engage in misleading or deceptive conduct, or conduct that is likely to mislead or deceive any other user, including misrepresenting your identity or age.
  6. Do not do anything that violates our or someone else’s rights, including intellectual property rights and privacy rights.
  7. Do not impersonate us, one of our employees, another user, or any other person or company or falsely state or suggest any affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship between you and us or any other person or company.
  8. Do not use the Platform for any harmful, illegal, or nefarious purpose.

Prohibited User Content
 

      9. Do not upload, post, display, or publish User Content on the Platform that: 

A. shows, includes or refers to: 

      • any individual under 18 years old (or which refers to individuals under 18 years old generally); or 
      • any other individual unless you have written documentation which confirms that all individuals shown or included or referred to in your User Content are at least 18 years old, and you have a written consent from each individual to use their name or images (or both) in the User Content; 

B. shows, promotes, advertises or refers to: 

      • firearms, weapons, or any goods whose sale, possession or use is subject to prohibitions or restrictions; 
      • drugs or drug paraphernalia; 
      • self-harm or suicide; 
      • incest; 
      • bestiality; 
      • violence, rape, lack of consent, hypnosis, intoxication, sexual assault, torture, sadomasochistic abuse or hardcore bondage, extreme fisting, or genital mutilation; 
      • necrophilia; 
      • urine, scatological, or excrement-related material; 
      • “revenge porn” (being any sexually explicit material featuring any individual who has not given prior, express and fully informed consent to that material (a) being taken, captured, or otherwise memorialized, or (b) being posted and shared on the Platform); 
      • escort services, sex trafficking, or prostitution; 
      • hate speech (being User Content intended to vilify, humiliate, dehumanize, exclude, attack, threaten, or incite hatred, fear of, or violence against, a group or individual based on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, caste, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, serious disease, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic); 
      • commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, promotions, and advertising, solicitation for services, “sugar daddy” or “sugar baby” relationships, links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers);  
      • content that is abusive, deceptive, slanderous, defamatory, offensive, violent, or otherwise inappropriate as determined by us; 

C. contains: 

      • unsolicited sexual content or unsolicited language that sexually objectifies another user or anyone else in a non-consensual way, or contains fake or manipulated sexual content in relation to another user or anyone else (including “deepfakes”); 
      • anyone else’s personal data or private or confidential information without that person’s express written consent;  
      • involves the transmission of “junk” mail or “spam”; and/or 
      • incites, baits or advocates illegal activity or argument or violates any law.