Terms of service

1. Who may use truthtether

truthtether is for adults only. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or to use the platform. If we learn that someone is younger, we close the account and delete its data. If you believe a minor is using truthtether, tell us at [email protected].

Why 18+? We are still building our moderation, and many countries have strict rules for platforms that let minors in. Until we can meet them properly, we keep truthtether adults-only, which also protects us legally. We hope you help us build a safe space: please report content that breaks our rules and take part in keeping the community respectful.

You need to provide a valid email address and keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens under your account. One person, one account.

2. Our values

truthtether is meant to be a calm, welcoming place. We are inclusive: people of every origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability and background are welcome here, and we expect everyone to treat each other with respect. Disagreement is fine; contempt is not.

3. What is not allowed

We do not tolerate hate speech. The following is prohibited everywhere on truthtether, in posts, comments, profiles, communities, events, images, files and messages:

• hate speech: content that attacks, demeans, threatens or incites hatred or violence against people because of who they are, for example their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or health;
• discrimination: excluding, abusing or treating people worse because of those traits;
• doxing: publishing or threatening to publish private information about a person, such as their address, phone number, workplace, documents or private photos, without their consent;
• harassment, bullying, stalking, threats and intimidation;
• illegal content: anything that is unlawful where it is posted or viewed, including child sexual abuse material, terrorist content, incitement to crime, fraud and the sale of illegal goods or services;
• harmful content: content that promotes self-harm, graphic violence or dangerous acts, and deliberately misleading content meant to hurt people;
• content that infringes the rights of others, such as copyright or privacy;
• spam, scams, malware, impersonation, and attempts to disturb, scrape or break into the platform, or to get around a ban or a technical limit.

4. Reporting and moderation

Anyone can report content with the report button or by email to [email protected]. We review reports and may remove content, restrict features, suspend or close accounts, and, where the law requires or a person is in danger, pass information to the authorities. We act at our own discretion and try to be fair and consistent; we do not promise to review all content in advance.

If we remove content or restrict your account, you can write to us and ask for a second look. Community owners and moderators may set additional rules for their communities, as long as they stay within these terms.

5. Your content

You keep the rights to what you post. To run the platform, you give truthtether a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to store, display and distribute your content to the audience you choose, for as long as it is on truthtether. The licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies that have already been shared by others in a way that is permitted.

You are responsible for your content. Only post what you are allowed to post, and respect the visibility settings of other people.

6. Our rights

© truthtether. The platform, its name, logo, design and software belong to truthtether. You may use them only as these terms allow. Nothing in these terms transfers any of these rights to you.

7. Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time in the settings. This removes your page, posts, comments, friendships, memberships and uploaded files. Communities you own must be deleted or handed over first. Details are in Cookies and data protection. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms.

8. Availability and liability

We work to keep truthtether running and safe, but we provide it as it is and cannot guarantee that it is always available or free of errors. We are not responsible for content posted by users. We are liable without limit for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body or health, and wherever the law does not allow us to limit liability. Otherwise our liability is limited to the damage that was foreseeable when you signed up.

The mandatory consumer rights of the country you live in remain untouched.

9. Changes

We may change these terms, for example when the platform or the law changes. When a change matters, we tell you on the platform before it applies. If you keep using truthtether after that, the new terms apply to you; if you do not agree, you can delete your account.

10. Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].