Younow rules & community guidelines – younow support
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- No sexually explicit content, nudity or abusive behavior.
- Bullying, harassment, or hate speech isn’t allowed
- Illegal substance me is not allowed onscreen
- You’ve got to be a minimum of 13 years of age to make use of YouNow
- Revealing private contact details isn’t allowed.
- Harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or hotlines isn’t allowed
- Solicitation or encouragement of rule-breaking isn’t allowed
- Junk e-mail isn’t allowed
- Impersonation isn’t allowed
- No copyright violation
- Respect the moderation team & company staff.
- No sexually explicit content, nudity or abusive behavior.
- Bullying, harassment, or hate speech isn’t allowed
- Illegal substance me is not allowed onscreen
- You’ve got to be a minimum of 13 years of age to make use of YouNow
- Revealing private contact details isn’t allowed.
- Harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or hotlines isn’t allowed
- Solicitation or encouragement of rule-breaking isn’t allowed
- Junk e-mail isn’t allowed
- Impersonation isn’t allowed
- No copyright violation
- Respect the moderation team & company staff.
- Gaming & screen discussing rules.
- Contact government bodies for emergencies.
Safety factors are YouNow’s main concern, so we take threats of violence and self-harm seriously. We might ban users whose content breaches these terms and can also report it to police force when we see an authentic chance of physical harm or perhaps a direct threat to public safety.
Violent behavior includes however is not restricted to:
- threats to physically harm or kill others
- threats to compromise, Web sites, or SWAT others
- threats or tries to self-harm
YouNow strictly prohibits threats and threats to self harm. We encourage any user thinking about self-injury to seek help. The 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline could be arrived at at 1-800-273-8255. Check out YouNow’s Trust Page for other worldwide emergency hot lines.
No sexually explicit content, nudity or abusive behavior.
Sexual dancing isn’t OK. Are you currently an excellent dancer? Awesome. Entertain your audience. But please avoid sexually suggestive moves, for example grinding, twerking, or mimicking sex. Should you aren’t sure, err along the side of caution.
Don’t broadcast sexual content or nudity. Including content displayed in other apps on your broadcasts (including Parlor, PartyLine, Basechat, Omegle or any other apps employed for chat). Remember that you’re a community leader and example to other people. Encouragement of nudity or sexual conduct is illegitimate on YouNow.
Users aren’t permitted to:
- Use vulgar, profane, or sexually explicit language on camera or perhaps in the chat.
- Display offensive or sexually explicit images on camera.
- Perform sexual or sexually suggestive functions, show adult sex toys onscreen, or dance inside a sexually suggestive manner.
Reported content is going to be reviewed according to context, commentary, attire, atmosphere, camera position and concentrate along with other information including although not restricted to broadcast titles, custom thumbnails, and profile descriptions.
Stricter rules for individuals under 18. Users of genders younger than 18 should be fully dressed on camera. Any user younger than 18 with no shirt might be susceptible to a suspension or permanent ban. What this means is no under garments, lingerie, or revealing tops/shorts. Users of every age group might not expose genitalia by any means.
Bullying, harassment, or hate speech isn’t allowed
Though we encourage YouNow users to convey themselves freely inside the community guidelines, upholding respect for those community people is vital. Users who taunt, bully, use hate speech, or perhaps in every other type of harassment risk being suspended or permanently banned. Recall the Golden Rule, and try to be kind! YouNow will review any reported content or activity according to its intent and context.
Vulgar language utilized on broadcast as well as in chat is from the rules. Cursing out other users isn’t just unprofessional, it’s abusive.
YouNow defines bullying just like any behavior that will probably be hostile, aggressive, abusive, coercive or threatening to harm somebody else physically, psychologically or emotionally.
Examples can include:
- Abusive or offensive language towards others, particularly when combined with the intention to intimidate or harass
- Offensive and repeated name calling using the intent to humiliate or harm someone
- Telling anyone to hurt or kill themselves, using the intent to inspire self-harm
- Creating user accounts focused on harassment or hate
- Disclosing someone’s private information against their will using the intent to harm or humiliate them
- Encouraging harassment of others.
YouNow prohibits while using platform to facilitate hateful conduct or harassment. We might do something against users for hateful conduct or harassment occurring off YouNow services that’s fond of YouNow users.
Illegal substance me is not allowed onscreen
On-screen legal drug consumption, drug paraphernalia, smoking, and the intake of alcohol by users younger than 21 are prohibited. Any make an effort to purchase, promote, abuse, sell, or trade prescription or illegal medicine is not permitted, and the intake of all illegal drugs is illegitimate. Users must adhere to relevant laws and regulations based on where they reside and thoroughly consider their audiences according to the content they’re producing.
You’ve got to be a minimum of 13 years of age to make use of YouNow
YouNow is meant for people ages 13 and older. When we notice a free account owed for an individual under 13, that account is going to be ended. Users who’re over the age of 13 might have visitors on camera who’re under 13, but underage visitors might not appear alone on broadcast.
Revealing private contact details isn’t allowed.
Revealing a person’s private information, including emails, real names, location, ID, phone figures, home addresses, yet others, is forbidden. We strongly suggest that you retain your individual information private.
Harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or hotlines isn’t allowed
YouNow doesn’t permit harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or emergency hotlines, and then any user who partcipates in such is going to be susceptible to a lasting ban.
Solicitation or encouragement of rule-breaking isn’t allowed
- Solicitation of sexual or illegal functions is forbidden. Similarly, it’s forbidden for users to request sexual images or private information using their company users.
- Engagement in illegal or inappropriate commercial activities or sales can also be strictly forbidden. Such activities include but aren’t restricted to: pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing offers, and homegrown sweepstakes.
- It’s forbidden to inspire the breach of community standards in both chat or while broadcasting.
- Encouraging viewers to harass, junk e-mail, or report another user is totally unacceptable. It’s unfair for them and constitutes harassment from you, that effects can include suspension or banning. Be considered a responsible community member and encourage users to become positive.
Junk e-mail isn’t allowed
It’s forbidden to destroy the flow of chat sessions by using repetitive typing or activity which makes it hard for users to keep a discussion, out of the box the posting of links to pornographic or malicious sites.
Impersonation isn’t allowed
It’s forbidden to modify your chat name or produce a new account to be able to impersonate a YouNow user. Claiming to become someone else or developing a false presence for a corporation undermines the city and violates YouNow’s Relation to Use. Furthermore, the creation and employ of multiple accounts must follow YouNow’s Relation to Use. Any abuse or inappropriate utilization of one account may lead to permanent termination of accounts.
No copyright violation
YouNow is dedicated to protecting the legal rights of copyright holders and seeks to conform with all of relevant laws and regulations concerning the protection of ip. Unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works is really a copyright violation, and YouNow will undertake appropriate steps against repeat copyright offenders.
Types of content you can’t share on YouNow without permission in the copyright proprietors or any other authorization include:
- Showing full movies, Television shows, or sports matches
- Playing pirated games or on unauthorized private servers
- Re-broadcasting other users’ content without written permission
- Discussing third-party content using their company sites or copy-right protected work of others
To learn more, read YouNow’s Relation to Use here.
Respect the moderation team & company staff.
The YouNow moderators strive 24 hrs each day, seven days a week to help keep YouNow safe & clean for those users. The moderation team handles countless users, thousands and thousands of broadcasts, and countless partners every day. If you have a warning or message from the moderator, please respect it. If you think maybe a moderator makes an error or socialized inappropriately, please call us at support@younow.com for just about any feedback about other company policies, in addition to issues of safety or concerns.
Safety factors are YouNow’s main concern, so we take threats of violence and self-harm seriously. We might ban users whose content breaches these terms and can also report it to police force when we see an authentic chance of physical harm or perhaps a direct threat to public safety.
Violent behavior includes however is not restricted to:
- threats to physically harm or kill others
- threats to compromise, Web sites, or SWAT others
- threats or tries to self-harm
YouNow strictly prohibits threats and threats to self harm. We encourage any user thinking about self-injury to seek help. The 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline could be arrived at at 1-800-273-8255. Check out YouNow’s Trust Page for other worldwide emergency hot lines.
No sexually explicit content, nudity or abusive behavior.
Sexual dancing isn’t OK. Are you currently an excellent dancer? Awesome. Entertain your audience. But please avoid sexually suggestive moves, for example grinding, twerking, or mimicking sex. Should you aren’t sure, err along the side of caution.
Don’t broadcast sexual content or nudity. Including content displayed in other apps on your broadcasts (including Parlor, PartyLine, Basechat, Omegle or any other apps employed for chat). Remember that you’re a community leader and example to other people. Encouragement of nudity or sexual conduct is illegitimate on YouNow.
Users aren’t permitted to:
- Use vulgar, profane, or sexually explicit language on camera or perhaps in the chat.
- Display offensive or sexually explicit images on camera.
- Perform sexual or sexually suggestive functions, show adult sex toys onscreen, or dance inside a sexually suggestive manner.
Reported content is going to be reviewed according to context, commentary, attire, atmosphere, camera position and concentrate along with other information including although not restricted to broadcast titles, custom thumbnails, and profile descriptions.
Stricter rules for individuals under 18. Users of genders younger than 18 should be fully dressed on camera. Any user younger than 18 with no shirt might be susceptible to a suspension or permanent ban. What this means is no under garments, lingerie, or revealing tops/shorts. Users of every age group might not expose genitalia by any means.
Bullying, harassment, or hate speech isn’t allowed
Though we encourage YouNow users to convey themselves freely inside the community guidelines, upholding respect for those community people is vital. Users who taunt, bully, use hate speech, or perhaps in every other type of harassment risk being suspended or permanently banned. Recall the Golden Rule, and try to be kind! YouNow will review any reported content or activity according to its intent and context.
Vulgar language utilized on broadcast as well as in chat is from the rules. Cursing out other users isn’t just unprofessional, it’s abusive.
YouNow defines bullying just like any behavior that will probably be hostile, aggressive, abusive, coercive or threatening to harm somebody else physically, psychologically or emotionally.
Examples can include:
- Abusive or offensive language towards others, particularly when combined with the intention to intimidate or harass
- Offensive and repeated name calling using the intent to humiliate or harm someone
- Telling anyone to hurt or kill themselves, using the intent to inspire self-harm
- Creating user accounts focused on harassment or hate
- Disclosing someone’s private information against their will using the intent to harm or humiliate them
- Encouraging harassment of others.
YouNow prohibits while using platform to facilitate hateful conduct or harassment. We might do something against users for hateful conduct or harassment occurring off YouNow services that’s fond of YouNow users.
Illegal substance me is not allowed onscreen
On-screen legal drug consumption, drug paraphernalia, smoking, and the intake of alcohol by users younger than 21 are prohibited. Any make an effort to purchase, promote, abuse, sell, or trade prescription or illegal medicine is not permitted, and the intake of all illegal drugs is illegitimate. Users must adhere to relevant laws and regulations based on where they reside and thoroughly consider their audiences according to the content they’re producing.
You’ve got to be a minimum of 13 years of age to make use of YouNow
YouNow is meant for people ages 13 and older. When we notice a free account owed for an individual under 13, that account is going to be ended. Users who’re over the age of 13 might have visitors on camera who’re under 13, but underage visitors might not appear alone on broadcast.
Revealing private contact details isn’t allowed.
Revealing a person’s private information, including emails, real names, location, ID, phone figures, home addresses, yet others, is forbidden. We strongly suggest that you retain your individual information private.
Harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or hotlines isn’t allowed
YouNow doesn’t permit harassing phone calls to emergency government bodies or emergency hotlines, and then any user who partcipates in such is going to be susceptible to a lasting ban.
Solicitation or encouragement of rule-breaking isn’t allowed
- Solicitation of sexual or illegal functions is forbidden. Similarly, it’s forbidden for users to request sexual images or private information using their company users.
- Engagement in illegal or inappropriate commercial activities or sales can also be strictly forbidden. Such activities include but aren’t restricted to: pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing offers, and homegrown sweepstakes.
- It’s forbidden to inspire the breach of community standards in both chat or while broadcasting.
- Encouraging viewers to harass, junk e-mail, or report another user is totally unacceptable. It’s unfair for them and constitutes harassment from you, that effects can include suspension or banning. Be considered a responsible community member and encourage users to become positive.
Junk e-mail isn’t allowed
It’s forbidden to destroy the flow of chat sessions by using repetitive typing or activity which makes it hard for users to keep a discussion, out of the box the posting of links to pornographic or malicious sites.
Impersonation isn’t allowed
It’s forbidden to modify your chat name or produce a new account to be able to impersonate a YouNow user. Claiming to become someone else or developing a false presence for a corporation undermines the city and violates YouNow’s Relation to Use. Furthermore, the creation and employ of multiple accounts must follow YouNow’s Relation to Use. Any abuse or inappropriate utilization of one account may lead to permanent termination of accounts.
No copyright violation
YouNow is dedicated to protecting the legal rights of copyright holders and seeks to conform with all of relevant laws and regulations concerning the protection of ip. Unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works is really a copyright violation, and YouNow will undertake appropriate steps against repeat copyright offenders.
Types of content you can’t share on YouNow without permission in the copyright proprietors or any other authorization include:
- Showing full movies, Television shows, or sports matches
- Playing pirated games or on unauthorized private servers
- Re-broadcasting other users’ content without written permission
- Discussing third-party content using their company sites or copy-right protected work of others
To learn more, read YouNow’s Relation to Use here.
Respect the moderation team & company staff.
The YouNow moderators strive 24 hrs each day, seven days a week to help keep YouNow safe & clean for those users. The moderation team handles countless users, thousands and thousands of broadcasts, and countless partners every day. If you have a warning or message from the moderator, please respect it. If you think maybe a moderator makes an error or socialized inappropriately, please call us at support@younow.com for just about any feedback about other company policies, in addition to issues of safety or concerns.
Users should also respect YouNow staff & employees. We might do something against users for hateful conduct or harassment that’s fond of YouNow staff & employees which might occur both off or on YouNow services.
Gaming & screen discussing rules.
Please bear in mind that shared gaming and/or shared screen content should follow all YouNow’s general Community Guidelines and really should follow YouNow’s Relation to Use. Any breach of those rules and terms may lead to action taken upon your account. Please also bear in mind that you’re accountable for all content shared from the 3rd party.
When discussing content using their company platforms or perhaps your mobile phone, be conscious of the other party’s privacy and don’t share any private information without their permission. Revealing a person’s private information, including emails, real names, location, ID, phone figures, home addresses, yet others, is forbidden.
Additional gaming rules
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Nudity and Sexual Content: Streaming content which include pornography, sex and/or blatant sexual content because the primary focus or objective isn’t allowed. Including any game or any other content that’s rated Adults Only (AO) through the ESRB. Occurrences of brief nudity in-game that are members of a tale-line are allowed simply because they aren’t the main focus and/or aim of your full broadcast.
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Cheating or unfair activity: We’re dedicated to developing a friendly and safe atmosphere for those users inside the YouNow platform. Any kind of cheating, botting or hacking which impacts other players in public places multi-player games, or that provides the broadcaster an unfair advantage isn’t allowed. Any misuse of some other individual’s live broadcast for purpose of in-game harassment isn’t permitted.
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Photosensitive Seizure Warning: Photosensitive seizures are triggered by flashing or flickering lights and sometimes, patterns for example stripes. Anyone and also require an epileptic condition should talk to their physician just before viewing any gaming content around the YouNow platform.
Contact government bodies for emergencies.
If you think maybe a crime to become illegal, or experience illegal activities during the YouNow service, please file a proper complaint together with your local government bodies. We’re happy to utilize police force on their own open investigations by any means that people can. For those who have further questions or concerns, please tell us at support@younow.com.
Be advised that in relevant situations, YouNow reserves the authority to report suspicious and/or criminal activity to local government bodies.
For additional info on safety, please read YouNow’s [Trust & Safety hub] (/policy/en/trust), in addition to [YouNow’s Guide for moms and dads] (/policy/en/parents).
*For those who have any queries regarding the following tips or even the YouNow Rules generally, don’t hesitate to contact support@younow.com. We value your opinion and therefore are pleased to receive your feedback.
Last updated: April 30th, 2019
Resourse: https://younow.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/