What we expect
These Community Guidelines outline the behavior that is expected from you and the rest of the AftrLife community. By continuing to use the AftrLife app, website or any other associated services (collectively known as the “Service”), you are agreeing with and accepting these Community Guidelines in their entirety. These Community Guidelines applies to all elements of the Service. Please ensure that you read these Community Guidelines, the Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy carefully. These are collectively known as the “Terms”.
Your acceptance of these Terms
By using the Service, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, then please do not use the Service. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of changes to these Terms will be deemed as your acceptance of those changes. If you are accessing and using the Service on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or another legal entity, then you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms. In that case, “you” and “your” will refer to that company or other legal entity.
Changes to the Terms and/or Service
AftrLife has the discretion to update the Terms at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of the Terms & Conditions page. It is important that you frequently review the Terms for any changes to stay informed. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically to become aware of modifications. As our Service is constantly evolving over time, we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Service, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.
Terms & Conditions
Please refer to the Terms & Conditions for more information on the expected use of the Service.
Privacy Policy
Please refer to the Privacy Policy for more information on how we collect, use and disclose the information we collect from our Users.
Respect & Decency
All members of the community and wider society should be treated with dignity regardless of their race, age, sex, religion, political beliefs, or any other immutable attribute or self-assigned designation.
We expect members of the AftrLife community to act maturely and in a decent manner that is respectful to other members of the community and wider society.
Personal Responsibility
As an individual, you are responsible for your own actions, and you will be held accountable for any content that you add to the AftrLife platform, along with any related metadata such as notes, titles, descriptions, thumbnails, hashtags, comments, etc.
You are not responsible for the actions of others on the site; however, you are expected to consider that others may be influenced and/or incited by the content you produce.
Content creators are obligated to ensure that they do not add content which violates the Prohibited Content or Platform Misuse guidelines.
“If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all” is our official commenting policy and any comments that a reasonable person would consider to be “not nice” are fair game for deletion. Comments are moderated by the content creator’s Next of Kin(s), who have the responsibility and permission do delete any comments from non-Next of Kins that they feel do not belong.
All members of the AftrLife community have a responsibility to each other to follow these guidelines.
Compliance with Law
You own and are legally responsible for all the content you add to the AftrLife platform.
We expect members of the AftrLife community to comply with their local laws pertaining to online conduct, communication and content. AftrLife’s Guidelines Enforcement process respects applicable laws pertaining to online communications.
Before sharing content on AftrLife, please be sure you have the right to do so. We expect you to respect copyrights, trademarks, and other legal rights of third parties. Remember to reference applicable fair use laws, as appropriate, when adding content to the AftrLife platform. See our Copyright Policy to learn how we handle reports involving alleged copyright infringement.
When requested to do so by competent authorities, we may apply geoblocking filters on specific content that is considered illegal within a particular country. These filters will be applied so that they do not impact viewing of the content in any country where the content is still deemed legal.
Inappropriate Content
Content that you would be embarrassed to watch with your parents and/or children present is probably not appropriate to post publicly on AftrLife. If you believe that the content you are posting is not appropriate for all audiences, but does not fall into our definition of Prohibited Content then you should post it with the privacy setting turned on.
If a User flags content as inappropriate for public consumption and we concur with that assessment then we will restrict its visibility by turning on the privacy setting for that particular message, which will remove the content from everyone’s feed except for the specific Users it was addressed to. If this happens multiple times to the same account then we may restrict the account, which includes all content on its timeline.
Prohibited Content
Any individuals, organisations or other entities that are engaged in the activities described below are not permitted to have a presence on the platform.
In addition, any material that is produced by, or which endorses, empowers, or otherwise promotes individuals, organisations, or any other entity engaging in the following activities is not permitted.
Finally, posting, celebrating, endorsing, glorifying, denying the existence of, linking to or otherwise promoting content containing the following activities is strictly prohibited on the platform. Repeated offences will lead to account restriction or termination.
If you discover any such material on AftrLife, then we expect you to report it to us immediately using the Flagging & Reporting tools provided.
We acknowledge that showing and/or referencing instances of the following activities may be necessary to hold the perpetrators to account. If this is your objective then you must clearly state this within the content, you must be respectful to victims, and you must do whatever you can to ensure that your content cannot be exploited to endorse, empower or otherwise promote individuals, organizations, or any other entity engaging in such activities.
Abhorrent Violence
Content depicting real-life non-consensual acts of kidnapping, attempted murder, murder, mutilation, rape, or torture.
Animal Cruelty
Content depicting acts defined in Sections 444 to 447 of Canada’s Criminal Code, which prohibits causing “unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or bird” and “causing damage or injury by willful neglect”.
Child Abuse or Endangerment
Content depicting or promoting abuse, sexualisation, endangerment, or exploitation of children, or any offence defined within Canada’s Criminal Code.
Harassment
Content depicting or materially contributing to harassment that is deemed unlawful within the domiciles of either the content originator or the target/recipient. This includes disclosure of sensitive personal information without permission of the individual, including but not limited to addresses, social security numbers, passport numbers, phone numbers, or bank account numbers.
Harmful Activities
Content depicting or encouraging the imminent injection or ingestion of inherently dangerous substances, other forms of self-harm including suicide, or any other activities which a reasonable person would conclude are intended to cause death or serious injury.
Incitement to Hatred (UK, EU, EEA & territories)
As defined in Section 368E Subsection (1) of the UK Communications Act 2003, this applies to any material likely to incite hatred against a group of persons or a member of a group of persons based on any of the grounds referred to in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Sexually Explicit
Content depicting real or simulated sexual acts, including sexual intercourse or sexual arousal.
Terrorism & Violent Extremism
Content in the furtherance of any act of violence or intimidation carried out with the intention of achieving a religious, political, or any other ideological objective.
Entities that have been designated under counterterrorism legislation will be blocked within the jurisdiction of the relevant nation state or international organization. In addition, those designated by the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States of America, the United Nations, the European Union or any member state of the European Union are prohibited on the platform.
Threats or Incitement to Violence
Content, including in comments or private messages, which threatens violence or is likely to incite violence.
Exemptions
For material that, on its face, seems to fall under the above categories, we consider the context, intent, and whether it qualifies for an exemption under any of the following:
- Press Freedom
- Political Discourse
- Holding Power to Account
- Satire, Parody, Humour or Comedy
- Works of Fiction
- Religious
- Historical
- Educational
If the material does not qualify for an exemption (doxxing and child sexual abuse materials are notable examples), then we will take appropriate enforcement action.
Platform Misuse
Misuse of the platform and/or the functionality provided is not permitted and should, when discovered, be reported using the Flagging & Reporting tools provided. The following are some examples of what we consider to be misuse of the platform:
Dogpiling or Brigading – Coordinated group attacks with the aim to shame, silence, or otherwise shut down other Users.
Metric Manipulation – Manipulation of metrics such as views, likes, and/or follows. When this is detected such metrics will be adjusted to compensate.
Misleading Metadata – Creating misleading notes, titles, descriptions, tags, or thumbnails in order to increase views or otherwise trick Users into viewing your content.
Name Squatting or Impersonation – Claiming a Username, channel name, or other similar entity on the site with the intention to trade it, exploit its similarity to another, or otherwise trick Users into viewing your content.
Scamming – Attempts to scam others out of their earnings, views, votes, or anything else.
Spamming – Posting large amounts of unwanted or repetitive content, including in comments or private messages. Posting the same content more than once or twice may be considered spam, especially when it appears to take commercial advantage of a creator’s goodwill or following.
Disclaimer
Any action taken by AftrLife or its staff whilst enforcing these Community Guidelines is at our sole discretion and is not a legal opinion. Any reference to external definitions, legislation, or other material is for reference purposes only. We reserve the right to remove content for reasons not currently defined within these Community Guidelines.
Last Updated on 2024-05-10