Welcome to Gagged. Our goal is to create a platform where people can communicate, share ideas, build communities, and engage with others safely and respectfully.
These Community Guidelines explain what content and behavior are allowed on the platform and what may result in content removal, account restrictions, suspension, or permanent termination. These Guidelines are incorporated into and subject to our Terms of Service. Violations may result in enforcement action at our sole discretion.
Users should:
We reserve the right to remove content or take action against accounts even when conduct is not specifically listed in these Guidelines.
You may not use the platform to violate any local, state, federal, or international law; facilitate criminal activity; promote illegal conduct; evade legal obligations; or circumvent government sanctions. Content related to illegal activities may be removed immediately.
The following are prohibited:
We may remove content even if it does not violate criminal laws.
Users may not promote violence against protected groups, encourage discrimination, advocate the exclusion of individuals based on protected characteristics, use slurs in a threatening or abusive manner, or organize hateful movements.
Protected characteristics include, but are not limited to: Race, Ethnicity, National origin, Religion, Disability, Sex, Gender, Sexual orientation, Age, and Veteran status. Discussion of public issues, historical events, politics, or news may be permitted when not intended to promote hatred or violence.
You may not threaten violence, encourage violence, glorify acts of violence, coordinate violent activities, promote terrorism, or recruit for violent organizations. Credible threats may be reported to law enforcement.
We maintain zero tolerance for child exploitation. The following are prohibited: Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming behavior, sexualized content involving minors, solicitation of minors, and exploitation of minors. We may report suspected violations to appropriate authorities, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Accounts involved may be permanently banned without notice.
Users may not encourage suicide, promote self-harm, instruct others on self-injury, or celebrate self-destructive behavior. We may allow discussions focused on recovery, prevention, support, education, or awareness.
The following may be restricted or prohibited: Pornography, explicit sexual activity, sexual exploitation, commercial sexual services, non-consensual sexual content, and revenge pornography. We reserve the right to determine what content is sexually explicit.
Nudity may be restricted or removed. Exceptions may be made for news reporting, educational content, medical information, or artistic expression. We reserve sole discretion regarding exceptions.
You may not pretend to be another person, misrepresent affiliations, use deceptive identities, or create accounts intended to confuse users regarding identity. Parody, satire, and commentary may be permitted when clearly identified.
The following are prohibited: Mass unsolicited messaging, artificial engagement, fake followers, engagement farms, automated manipulation, misleading promotions, and repetitive content posting. We may remove content and disable accounts involved in manipulation.
Users may not commit fraud, conduct scams, operate pyramid schemes, engage in phishing, impersonate businesses, or mislead users regarding financial opportunities. Suspicious activity may be referred to authorities.
We may remove, label, reduce distribution of, or otherwise moderate content that we believe creates significant public safety risks, misleads users about emergencies, promotes dangerous hoaxes, interferes with civic processes, or creates a substantial risk of harm. We reserve sole discretion regarding moderation decisions.
You may not share Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, passwords, medical records, private addresses, non-public contact information, or confidential documents. Unauthorized disclosure of personal information may result in immediate enforcement action.
Do not post content that infringes copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights. We may remove allegedly infringing content and terminate repeat offenders.
Users may not distribute malware or ransomware, conduct phishing attacks, attempt unauthorized access, interfere with platform systems, or exploit vulnerabilities. Security-related activity may be referred to law enforcement.
The following may be restricted or prohibited: Illegal drugs, controlled substances, counterfeit goods, weapons, human trafficking, stolen property, and illegal gambling. We may remove such content without notice.
Graphic content may be removed, restricted, labeled, or age-gated. This includes gore, severe injuries, dismemberment, violent deaths, and animal cruelty. Newsworthy or educational content may be treated differently.
Users may not create fake accounts for deception, coordinate deceptive behavior, artificially manipulate platform activity, or misrepresent ownership of content. We may require identity verification in certain situations.
Users may report content, accounts, messages, comments, or other activity. We may investigate reports but are not obligated to take action.
We may take any action we deem appropriate, including content removal, content labeling, reduced visibility, warning notices, temporary restrictions, account suspension, permanent account termination, device restrictions, IP restrictions, or referral to law enforcement. Enforcement decisions are made at our sole discretion.
Users may request review of certain enforcement actions through available platform processes. We are not obligated to reverse any decision. All appeal determinations are final.
These Guidelines are intended to provide examples of prohibited conduct and are not exhaustive. We reserve the right to remove any content, restrict or suspend any account, permanently terminate any account, limit access to features, or modify enforcement standards for any reason or no reason, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Nothing in these Guidelines creates a right to access, publish, distribute, or maintain content on the platform.
We may modify these Community Guidelines at any time. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Guidelines.
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