Uluntu Terms of Use:

 

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS:

At Uluntu, LLC (“Uluntu,” “us”, “our,” or “we”), our goal is to provide you with a great online experience celebrating the uniqueness of South Africa and South Africans by providing news, information, and entertainment, as well as an escape from the everyday grind.

We’re thrilled to welcome you to the Uluntu Community and our website, which includes Uluntu.co, app.Uluntu.co, SaffaMade.com, app.SaffaMade.com and our other affiliated websites (collectively, the “Website”), the Uluntu App (the “App”), and any of our other products and services we provide you (collectively, “Services”) to help you stay connected with fellow South Africans domestic and abroad.

We’ve drafted these Terms of Use (“Terms”) to tell you how you may use our Services – including our Website – and inform you of the rules that govern your use of our Services.  Please read these Terms carefully before you access our Website, App, or use any of our other Services. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our Website, App, or other Services.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade provides its Website, App, and other Services to its visitors to celebrate and support the global South African community.  Much of our Website content is informational and provided for your convenience and entertainment. As such, the inclusion of or linking to any advertisement, product, service, opinion, or the like, or the mention thereof on our Website or App, does not imply any endorsement by Uluntu/ SaffaMade.

Please note that all features, content, and specifications of our Website, App, or other Services are subject to change without notice.

While we strive to ensure that our Services and all other information we provide are complete, accurate, and current, some information provided may sometimes be inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date. We make no representation regarding the completeness or accuracy of any Services, or other information, content, advice, or recommendations made through the Website, App, or Services. We also do not make any representations or warranties regarding the quality or safety of any products or Services, or third-party products or services offered or made available.

 

WHO CAN USE OUR SERVICES:

All of Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s Services – including the Website and App – are intended for adult audiences only and are not intended for or directed to anyone under 18 years of age. Therefore, no one under 18 years of age is allowed to create an account or otherwise register with Uluntu, our App, or Services, or otherwise use our Services. By using our Services, including the Website and our App, you attest that you are over 18 years of age and that you will comply with these Terms and all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws, rules, and regulations.

 

REGISTRATION WITH ULUNTU:

All information that you are required to provide at registration must be current, complete, and accurate. You are also responsible for ensuring that your account information is timely updated if it ever changes. In addition, you must keep and are responsible for keeping your sensitive information – like your account password – confidential. Please contact us immediately if you think your account has been compromised.

In using the Services, you agree that:

• You are permitted to create only one account for yourself, and you will not create more than one account for your individual use.

• You will not, without our express permission, create another account for yourself if we have disabled or otherwise restricted your account.

• You will not buy, sell, rent, or lease access to your account in any way.

• You will not share your account’s login credentials (for example, your account password, or your email address and password reset/security question) with others.

• You will only create an account for a business or entity that you are legally authorized to so and use.

• You will only create a “group” and/or “organizational” account to be used as such and are authorized by the “group” and/or “organization” to do so on its behalf.

You will access the Website, App, and Services through only those means authorized by Uluntu/ SaffaMade, and you will not log in or attempt to access the Website, App, or Services through any unauthorized means.

 

YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES:

What we grant to you:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and limited license to access and use our Services, for the sole purposes of letting you use and enjoy the benefits of the Services in a way allowed by these Terms and our other policies.

What you grant to us:

In using our Services, you may create, upload, post, send, receive, and store certain information. In doing so, you grant Uluntu/ SaffaMade an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable, and transferable license to host, store, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, and distribute the content or other information you provide. We may use any content or other information that you provide in several ways, including but not limited to facilitating your search for groups, businesses, and connecting you with other users, and sharing your information and for operating, developing, providing, promoting, and improving the Services.

In addition, you understand that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or article submissions (collectively, “Submissions”) you provide to us are not confidential, and become our sole property. If you provide feedback, suggestions, articles, or any other Submissions, including but not limited to business ideas and original works, you are granting Uluntu/ SaffaMade a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, fully sub-licensable, and irrevocable right to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, display, create works from and otherwise utilize such submissions. This means we can use the ideas you provide us without compensating you.

Though we are not required to do so, we may, in our sole discretion, monitor or review the Services, and access, review, screen, remove, and delete any content at any time and for any reason, including if we believe that content violates these Terms.

 

Your behavior:

You are ultimately responsible for all content provided and activity by you or that otherwise occurs under your account (even if that content or activity occurs from other individuals who have accessed the Website, App, and other Services through your device or account).

By using the Services, you agree that:

• You will not use the Website, App, or any Services for any purpose that is illegal or otherwise prohibited in these Terms.

• You will not use any automated means – such as any robot, spider, etc. – to access the Services or extract other users’ submitted content or information.

• You will not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Website, App, or Services.  

• You will not reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of the Website’s or App’s software.

• You will not use or develop any third-party applications to interact with the Website, App Services, or other users’ content or information unless you have our written consent.

• You will not use the Website, App, or any Services in a way that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s users in fully using the Services, or our ability to maintain our Services.

• You will not use the Website, App, or any Services in a way that could damage, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services.

• You will not use or attempt to use another Uluntu/ SaffaMade user’s account without their permission.

• You will not solicit other users’ login credentials.

• You will not create an account using the name of another person or otherwise use the Services with the intent of impersonating the other person, or create an account using any name that is offensive, vulgar, or obscene.

• You will not post content that is offensive or that contains pornography, graphic violence, threats, hate speech, incites violence, or promotes any unlawful activity.

• You will not use the Services in any way that violates Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s rights or those of any third party.

• You will not use the Services to harass, abuse, defame, stalk, or threaten others, including other users.

• You will not compromise the security of the Services, including but not limited to uploading viruses or other malicious code.

• You will not attempt to circumvent any content filters or content-filtering techniques used by Uluntu/ SaffaMade.

• You will access only those areas or features of the Services that we have authorized you to access, and you will not attempt to access any areas or features that you are not authorized to access.

• You will not probe, scan, or test the security or vulnerability of our Services, including any Uluntu/ SaffaMadee system or network.

• You will not use the Services – including the App’s Message Feed – to send unsolicited or spam emails or messages to other users or to Uluntu/ SaffaMade, including to advertise or promote any product, service, or event.

You will not engage in any activity that violates these Terms, and you will not encourage any acts that violate these Terms.

 

Furthermore, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

 

VIOLENCE, INCITEMENT & CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR:

Policy Rationale:

We aim to prevent potential offline harm that may be related to content on Uluntu/ SaffaMade. While we understand that people commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in non-serious ways, we remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence. We remove content, disable accounts, and work with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety. We also try to consider the language and context to distinguish casual statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information like a person’s public visibility and the risks to their physical safety. In some cases, we see aspirational or conditional threats directed at terrorists and other violent actors (e.g. Terrorists deserve to be killed), and we deem those non-credible absent specific evidence to the contrary.

 

Do Not Post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where the threat is defined as any of the following:

• Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

• Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

• Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

• Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary, or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, unnamed specified persons, minor public figures, high-risk persons, or high-risk groups where the threat is defined as any of the following:

• Statements of intent to commit violence; or

• Statements advocating violence; or

• Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

• Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

• Content about other targets apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons, or high-risk groups and any credible:

• Statements of intent to commit violence; or

• Calls for action of violence; or

• Statements advocating for violence; or

• Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

 

Threats that lead to physical harm (or other forms of lower-severity violence) towards private individuals (self-reporting required) or minor public figures where the threat is defined as any of the following:

• Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that include:

• Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

The imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bull's eye, crosshair(s), dart, gun to head, etc.)

Content that exposes the identity or locations affiliated with any individual who is alleged to be a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group, share familial and/or romantic relationships with a member of an at-risk group, or have performed professional activities in support of an at-risk group (except for political figures).

 

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

• Language explicitly stating that goal, or

• Photos or videos that show or simulate the result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

• Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self-defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

 

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

• Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

 

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, conditional or aspirational statements, or advocating for violence due to voting, voter registration, or the administration of the outcome of an election.

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Statements of intent or advocacy, call to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election ( or encouraging others to do the same).

 

For the following content, we may require more information and/or context to enforce:

• Threats against election officials

 

DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS:

 Policy Rationale:

In an effort to prevent and disrupt real-world harm, we do not allow any organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence to have a presence on Uluntu/ SaffaMade. This includes organizations or individuals involved in the following:

• Terrorist activity

• Organized hate

• Mass murder (including attempts) or multiple murder

• Human trafficking

• Organized violence or criminal activity

We also remove content that expresses support or praise for groups, leaders, or individuals involved in these activities.

 

Do Not Post:

We do not allow the following people (living or deceased) or groups to maintain a presence (for example, have an account, Page, or Group) on our platform:

Terrorist organizations and terrorists, which include:

 Any non-state actor that:

• Engages in, advocates, or lends substantial support to purposive and planned acts of violence,

• Which causes or attempts to cause death, injury, or serious harm to civilians, or any other person not taking direct part in the hostilities in a situation of armed conflict, and/or significant damage to property linked to death, serious injury, or serious harm to civilians

• With the intent to coerce, intimidate, and/or influence a civilian population, government, or international organization

• To achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim.

Hate organizations and their leaders and prominent members:

A hate organization is defined as any association of three or more people that is organized under a name, sign, or symbol and that has an ideology, statements, or physical actions that attack individuals based on characteristics, including race, religious affiliation, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, serious disease or disability.

 

Mass and multiple murderers (including attempts):

• We consider a homicide to be a mass murder if it results in three or more deaths in one incident

• We consider an attempted mass murder to be one where an individual uses a weapon or vehicle to attempt mass harm in a public space or against more than one person

• We consider any individual who has committed two or more murders over multiple incidents or locations a multiple murderer

 

Human trafficking groups and their leaders:

Human trafficking groups are organizations responsible for any of the following:

• Prostitution of others, forced/bonded labor, slavery, or the removal of organs

• Recruiting, transporting, transferring, detaining, providing, harboring, or receiving a minor, or an adult against their will

 

Criminal organizations and their leaders and prominent members:

A criminal organization is defined as: Any association of three or more people that is united under a name, color(s), hand gesture(s), or recognized indicia, that has engaged in or threatens to engage in criminal activity, including (but not limited to):

• Homicide

• Drug trafficking

• Arms trafficking

• Identity theft

• Money laundering

• Extortion or trafficking

• Assault

• Kidnapping

• Sexual exploitation (covered in section 7 and section 8)

We do not allow symbols that represent any of the above organizations or individuals to be shared on our platform without context that condemns or neutrally discusses the content.

We do not allow content that praises any of the above organizations or individuals or any acts committed by them.

We do not allow coordination of support for any of the above organizations or individuals or any acts committed by them.

We do not allow content that praises, supports, or represents events that Uluntu/ SaffaMade designates as terrorist attacks hate events, mass murders or attempted mass murders, serial murders, hate crimes, and violating events.

SECTION 3: Coordinating Harm and Publicizing Crime:

 

Policy Rationale:

To prevent and disrupt offline harm and copycat behavior, we prohibit people from facilitating, organizing, promoting, or admitting to certain criminal or harmful activities targeted at people, businesses, property or animals. We allow people to debate and advocate for the legality of criminal and harmful activities, as well as draw attention to harmful or criminal activity that they may witness or experience as long as they do not advocate for or coordinate harm.

Do Not post:

Harm against people - Depicting, admitting to, or promoting the following acts committed by you or your associates:

• Acts of physical harm against humans, including acts of domestic violence, except when shared in a context of redemption or defense of self or another person

 Statements of intent, calls to action, representing, supporting, or advocating for, or depicting, admitting to, or speaking positively about, the following acts committed by you or your associates:

• Swatting

Depicting, promoting, advocating for or encouraging:

• Participation in a high-risk viral challenge

Harm against animals:

Statements of intent, calls to action, representing, supporting or advocating for, or depicting, admitting to, or promoting:

• Acts of physical harm against animals committed by you or your associates except in cases of hunting, fishing, religious sacrifice, food preparation or processing, pest or vermin, self-defense, or redemption

• Staged animal vs. animal fights, including acts committed by a third party

Harm against property:

Statements of intent, calls to action, representing, supporting, or advocating for harm against property that depicts, admits to, or promotes the following acts committed by you or your associates:

• Vandalism

• Hacking when the intent is to hijack a domain, corrupt or disrupt cyber systems, seek ransoms, or gain unauthorized access to data systems

• Theft when committed by you or your associates, as well as positive statements about theft when committed by a third party

Voter and/or Census Fraud:

• Offers to buy or sell votes with cash or gifts

• Statements that advocate, provide instructions, or show explicit intent to illegally participate in a voting or census process

Voter and/or Census Interference:

• Misrepresentation of the dates, locations, times, and methods for voting voter registration, or census participation

• Misrepresentation of who can vote, qualifications for voting, whether a vote will be counted, and what information and/or materials must be provided to vote.

• Misrepresentation of whether a candidate is running or not

• Misrepresentation of who can participate in the census and what information or materials must be provided to participate

• Calls for coordinated interference that would affect an individual’s ability to participate in the census or an election

• Content stating that census or voting participation may or will result in law enforcement consequences (e.g., arrest, deportation, imprisonment)

• Content claiming that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is at a voting location

• Explicit claims that people will be infected by COVID-19 (or another communicable disease) if they participate in the voting process.

• Other misrepresentations related to voting in an official election or census participation may be subject to false news standards, as referenced in section 20

 

SECTION 4: Regulated Goods:

 

Policy Rationale:

To encourage safety and compliance with common legal restrictions, we prohibit attempts by individuals, manufacturers, and retailers to purchase, sell, or trade non-medical drugs, pharmaceutical drugs, and marijuana. We also prohibit the purchase, sale, gifting, exchange, and transfer of firearms, including firearm parts or ammunition, between private individuals on Uluntu/ SaffaMade. Some of these items are not regulated everywhere; however, because of the borderless nature of our community, we try to enforce our policies as consistently as possible. Firearm stores and online retailers may promote items available for sale off of our services as long as those retailers comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We allow discussions about sales of firearms and firearm parts in stores or by online retailers and advocate for changes to firearm regulation. Regulated goods that are not prohibited by our Community Standards may be subject to our more stringent Commerce Policies.

Do Not Post:

Firearms:

Content that:

• Attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, gift, or solicit firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, explosives, or lethal enhancements between private individuals, unless posted by a real brick-and-mortar store, legitimate website, brand, or government agency (e.g. police department, fire department)

• Provides access to 3D printing or computer-aided manufacturing instructions for firearms or firearms parts even when posted by brick-and-mortar stores, brands, and legitimate websites.

Non-medical drugs:

 Content that:

• Attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, gift, or solicit non-medical drugs

• Admits to buying or trading non-medical drugs by the poster of the content by themselves or through others

• Admits to personal use without acknowledgment of or reference to recovery, treatment, or other assistance to combat usage

• Promotes, encourages, coordinates, or provides instructions for the use or making of non-medical drugs

Marijuana and pharmaceutical drugs:

Content that:

• attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, gift, or solicit marijuana or pharmaceutical drugs

Alcohol / Tobacco:

Content that:

• attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift alcohol or tobacco products and is not posted by a Page, Group, or Instagram Profile representing a real brick-and-mortar store, legitimate website, or brand

Endangered species:

Content that:

• Attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, gift, or solicit endangered species or their parts

• Admits to poaching, buying, or trading of endangered species and their parts committed by the poster of the content either by themselves or through others

• Depicts poaching of endangered species and their parts committed by the poster of the content by themselves or through others

• Speaks positively about the poaching of endangered species and their parts

• Promotes, encourages, or coordinates the poaching of endangered species and their parts

Live non-endangered animals:

Content that:

• attempts to buy, sell, or trade live non-endangered animals between private individuals.

Human blood:

 Content that:

• attempts to buy, sell, or trade human blood

• Content that solicits human blood unless for a donation or a gift

Weight loss products:

Content about weight loss that contains a miracle claim and attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift weight loss products or supplements

Historical artifacts:

Content that: 

• attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, gift, or solicit historical artifacts

 

For the following content, we restrict visibility to adults twenty-one years of age and older:

Firearms:

Content posted by or promoting a brick-and-mortar store, legitimate website, brand, or government agency that attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, explosives, or lethal enhancements.

 

For the following content, we might restrict visibility to adults eighteen years of age and older:

Alcohol / Tobacco:

Content posted by or promoting a brick-and-mortar store, legitimate website, or brand, which attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift alcohol or tobacco products off of Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s services

 

Bladed weapons:

Content that: 

• attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift bladed weapons.

 

Weight loss products:

Content that:

• Attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift weight loss products

• Admits to or depicts using a weight loss product, unless in condemnation

• Promotes or encourages the use of weight loss products

• Provides instructions to use or make weight loss products

• Potentially dangerous cosmetic procedures:

Content that:

• Attempts to buy, sell, trade, donate, or gift a potentially dangerous cosmetic procedure

• Admits to or depicts using a potentially dangerous cosmetic procedure, unless in condemnation

• Promotes or encourages the use of a potentially dangerous cosmetic procedure

• Provides instructions to use or perform a potentially dangerous cosmetic procedure

 

SECTION 5: Fraud and Deception:

 

Policy Rationale:

To prevent and disrupt harmful or fraudulent activity, we remove content aimed at deliberately deceiving people to gain an unfair advantage or deprive another of money, property, or legal rights. However, we allow people to raise awareness and educate others as well as condemn these activities using our platform.

Do Not Post:

Content that engages in, promotes, encourages, facilitates, or admits to the following activities:

Offering, solicitation, and trade of:

• Goods/property purchased with stolen financial information

• Future exam papers or answer sheets where answers are not meant to be widely shared

• Educational and professional certificates

• Credentials for paid subscription services

• Fake user reviews

• Fake or manipulated documents, e.g. coupons, medical prescriptions

• Fake or counterfeit currency

• Offering or selling of personally identifiable information

• Coordination or facilitation of betting manipulation, e.g. match-fixing

• Recruitment of workforce for fraudulent activities, e.g. Social Security Number (SSN) scams

• Other forms of deception aimed at depriving people of money or property such as:

• Confidence schemes, e.g. romance/military impersonation scams

• Ponzi schemes or Pyramid schemes

• Setting up false businesses or entities

• Investment schemes with the promise of high rates of return

• Bribery

• Embezzlement

• Money laundering (concealment of the origins of criminally obtained money)

• Charity scams or fake fundraising campaigns

• Debt Relief or Credit Repair Scam

 

SECTION 6: Safety, Suicide and Self-Injury:

 

Policy Rationale:

To promote a safe environment on Uluntu/ SaffaMade, we remove content that encourages suicide or self-injury, including certain graphic imagery, real-time depictions, and fictional content that experts tell us might lead others to engage in similar behavior. Self-injury is defined as the intentional and direct injuring of the body, including self-mutilation and eating disorders. We want Uluntu/ SaffaMade to be a space where people can share their experiences, raise awareness about these issues, and seek support from one another, which is why we allow people to discuss suicide and self-injury.

We work with organizations around the world to assist people in distress. We also talk to experts in suicide and self-injury to help inform our policies and enforcement. For example, we have been advised by experts that we should not remove live videos of self-injury while there is an opportunity for loved ones and authorities to provide help or resources.

In contrast, we remove any content that identifies and negatively targets victims or survivors of self-injury or suicide seriously, humorously, or rhetorically.

Do Not Post:

Content that promotes, encourages, coordinates, or provides instructions for:

• Suicide

• Self-injury

• Eating disorders

Content that depicts graphic self-injury imagery

Except in limited situations of newsworthiness, it is against our policies to post content depicting a person who engaged in a suicide attempt or death by suicide

Content that focuses on the depiction of ribs, collar bones, thigh gaps, hips, concave stomach, or protruding spine or scapula when shared with terms associated with eating disorders.

Content that contains instructions for drastic and unhealthy weight loss when shared with terms associated with eating disorders.

 

For the following content, we restrict content to adults over the age of 18, and include a sensitivity screen so that people are aware the content may be upsetting:

• Photos or videos depicting a person’s death by suicide that are determined to be newsworthy

• Photos or videos depicting a person who engaged in euthanasia/assisted suicide in a medical setting

 

For the following content, we include a sensitivity screen so that people are aware the content may be upsetting to some:

• Content that depicts older instances of self-harm such as healed cuts or other non-graphic self-injury imagery in the context of recovery

• Content that depicts ribs, collar bones, thigh gaps, hips, concave stomach, or protruding spine or scapula in a recovery context.

 

We provide resources to people who post written or verbal admissions of engagement in self-injury, including:

• Suicide

• Euthanasia/assisted suicide

• Self-harm

• Eating disorders

 

SECTION 7: Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Nudity:

 

Policy Rationale:

We do not allow content that sexually exploits or endangers children. When we become aware of apparent child exploitation, we report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in compliance with applicable law. We know that sometimes people share nude images of their own children with good intentions; however, we generally remove these images because of the potential for abuse by others and to help avoid the possibility of other people reusing or misappropriating the images.

Do Not Post:

Content that depicts participation in or advocates for the sexual exploitation of children, including (but not limited to):

• Engaging in any sexual activity involving minors

• Adults soliciting minors

• Minors soliciting minors

• Minors soliciting adults

• Using our products and site functionality with the intention of sexualizing minors

 Content that constitutes or facilitates inappropriate interactions with children, such as

• Initiating unsolicited contact with minors (for example, private messages between strangers adults, and minors)

• Soliciting, displaying, sharing, or viewing imagery of nude, sexualized, or sexual activity with minors

• Arranging real-world sexual encounters or obtaining sexual material from a minor directly

• Displaying nudity to minors

 Content (including photos, videos, real-world art, digital content, and text) that depicts

• Any sexual activity involving minors

• Minors in a sexual fetish context

• Minors with sexual elements, including (but not limited to):

• Restraints

• Focus on genitals

• Presence of aroused adult

• Presence of sex toys

• Sexualized costume

• Stripping

• Staged environment (for example, on a bed) or professionally shot (quality/focus/angles)

• Open-mouth kissing with minor or adult

 Content (including photos, videos, real-world art, digital content, and verbal depictions) that shows minors in a sexualized context

 Content that depicts child nudity where nudity is defined as

• Visible genitalia (even when covered or obscured by transparent clothing)

• Visible anus and/or fully nude close-up of buttocks

• Uncovered female nipples for children older than toddler age

• No clothes present from neck to knee for children older than toddler age

• Digitally-created depictions of nude minors, unless the image is for health or educational purposes

 Imagery that depicts non-sexual child abuse regardless of sharing intent

 Content that praises, supports, promotes, advocates for, provides instructions for, or encourages participation in non-sexual child abuse

 

SECTION 8: Sexual Exploitation of Adults

 

Policy Rationale:

We recognize the importance of Uluntu/ SaffaMade as a place to discuss and draw attention to sexual violence and exploitation. We believe this is an important part of building common understanding and community. To create space for this conversation while promoting a safe environment, we remove content that depicts, threatens, or promotes sexual violence, sexual assault, or sexual exploitation, while also allowing space for victims to share their experiences. We remove content that displays, advocates for or coordinates sexual acts with non-consenting parties or commercial sexual services, such as prostitution and escort services. We do this to avoid facilitating transactions that may involve trafficking, coercion, and non-consensual sexual acts. To protect victims and survivors, we also remove images that depict incidents of sexual violence and intimate images shared without permission from the people pictured.

Do Not Post:

In instances where content consists of any form of non-consensual sexual touching, crushing, necrophilia or bestiality, or forced stripping, including:

• Depictions (including real photos/videos), or

• Advocacy (including aspirational and conditional statements), or

• Statements of intent, or

• Calls for action, or

• Threatening, soliciting, or stating an intent to share imagery, or

• Admitting participation, or

• Mocking victims of any of the above 

Content that attempts to exploit people by any of the following:

• Sextortion: Coercing money, favors, or intimate imagery from people with threats to expose their intimate imagery or intimate information

• Sharing, threatening, stating an intent to share, offering, or asking for imagery known as “Revenge Porn” or “Non-Consensual Intimate Images” that fulfills all three of the following conditions:

• Image is non-commercial or produced in a private setting

• The person in the image is (near) nude, engaged in sexual activity, or a sexual pose

• Lack of consent to share the image is indicated by

• Vengeful context (for example, caption, comments, or page title)

• Independent sources (for example, law enforcement records) including entertainment media (for example, leak of images confirmed by media)

• A visible match between the person depicted in the image and the person who has reported the content to us

• The person who reported the content to us shares the same name as the person depicted in the image

• Secretly taken non-commercial imagery of a real person’s commonly sexualized body parts (breasts, groin, buttocks, or thighs) or of a real person engaged in sexual activity. This imagery is commonly known as “creepshots” or “upskirts” and includes photos or videos that mock, sexualize, or expose the person depicted in the imagery.

• Threatening or stating an intent to share private sexual conversations that meets the following criteria:

• Lack of consent is indicated by:

• Vengeful context and/or threatening context, or

• A visible match between the person depicted in the image and the person who has reported the content to us

• The person who reported the content to us shares the same name as the person depicted in the image

Attempting to coordinate adult commercial sexual services or prostitution activities, such as requesting or offering or asking for rates for escort services and paid sexual fetish or domination services.

 

For the following content, we might include a warning screen so that people are aware the content may be disturbing:

Narratives and statements that contain a depiction of non-consensual sexual touching (written or verbal) that includes details beyond mere naming or mentioning the act if:

• Shared by the victim, or

• Shared by a third party (other than the victim) in support of the victim or condemnation of the act or for general awareness to be determined by context/caption

 Content mocking the concept of non-consensual sexual touching

 

SECTION 9: Bullying and Harassment:

 

Policy Rationale:

Bullying and harassment happen in many places and come in many different forms, from making threats to releasing personally identifiable information to sending threatening messages and making unwanted malicious contact. We do not tolerate this kind of behavior because it prevents people from feeling safe and respected on Uluntu/ SaffaMade.

We distinguish between public figures and private individuals because we want to allow discussion, which often includes critical commentary of people who are featured in the news or who have a large public audience. For public figures, we remove attacks that are severe as well as certain attacks where the public figure is directly tagged in the post or comment. For private individuals, our protection goes further: we remove content that’s meant to degrade or shame, including, for example, claims about someone’s sexual activity. We recognize that bullying and harassment can have more of an emotional impact on minors, which is why our policies provide heightened protection for users between the ages of 13 and 18.

Context and intent matter, and we allow people to share and re-share posts if it is clear that something was shared to condemn or draw attention to bullying and harassment. In certain instances, we require self-reporting because it helps us understand that the person targeted feels bullied or harassed.

Do Not Post: 

Repeatedly contact someone in a manner that is:

• Unwanted or

• Sexually harassing or

• Directed at a large number of individuals with no prior solicitation

Target anyone maliciously by:

• Calling for, or making statements of intent to engage in, bullying and/or harassment

• Attacking them based on their status as a victim of sexual assault, sexual exploitation, or domestic abuse

• Calling for self-injury or suicide of a specific person, or group of people

• Attacking them through derogatory terms related to sexual activity (e.g. whore, slut)

• Posting content about a violent tragedy, or victims of violent tragedies that include claims that a violent tragedy did not occur

• Posting content about victims or survivors of violent tragedies by name or by image, with claims that they are

• Acting/pretending to be a victim of an event

• Otherwise paid or employed to mislead people about their role in the event

• Threatening to release an individual’s private phone number, residential address, or email address

• Making statements of intent to engage in a sexual activity or advocating for them to engage in a sexual activity

• Creating Pages or Groups that are dedicated to attacking individual(s) by:

• Calling for death, serious disease, epidemic disease, or disability

• Making statements of intent of advocating to engage in sexual activity

• Making claims that the individual has or may have a sexually transmitted disease

• Sending messages that contain the following attacks when aimed at an individual or group of individuals in the thread

• Targeted cursing

• Calls for death, serious disease, disability, epidemic disease, or physical harm 

Target another private individual, or public figure who is a minor, with:

• Calls for death, serious disease, epidemic disease, or disability

• Claims about sexual activity or sexually transmitted diseases

• Pages or Groups created to attack through:

• Targeted cursing

• Negative physical descriptions

• Claims about religious identity or blasphemy

• Expressions of contempt or disgust

Target public figures by purposefully exposing them to:

• For adults

• Calls for death, serious disease, epidemic disease, or disability

• Claims about sexually transmitted disease

• Content that praises, celebrates, or mocks their death

• For minors

• Comparisons to animals or insects that are culturally perceived as intellectually or physically inferior or to an inanimate object (“cow,” “monkey” “potato”)

• Content manipulated to highlight, circle, or otherwise negatively draw attention to specific physical characteristics (nose, ear, etc.)

Target private individuals or involuntary minor public figures with:

• Comparisons to animals or insects that are culturally perceived as intellectually or physically inferior or to an inanimate object (“cow,” “monkey” “potato”)

• Content manipulated to highlight, circle, or otherwise negatively draw attention to specific physical characteristics (nose, ear, etc.)

• Attacks through negative physical descriptions

• Content that ranks individuals on physical appearance or personality

• Content sexualizing another adult

• Content that depicts others in the process of, or right after menstruating, urinating, vomiting, or defecating where context further degrades the individual or contains an expression of disgust

• Physical bullying where the context further degrades the individual

• Content that praises, celebrates, or mocks their death

• In addition to the above, attacks through Pages or Groups:

• Negative character or ability claims

• Self-referential bullying; Only if the Object targets more than 1 private individual

Target private adults (who must self-report) or any private minors or involuntary minor public figures with:

• Targeted cursing

• Claims about romantic involvement, sexual orientation or gender identity

• Coordination, advocation, or promotion of exclusion

• Negative character or ability claims, except in the context of criminal allegations against adults

• Expressions of contempt or disgust, except in the context of criminal allegations against adults

Target private individuals who are minors with: 

• Allegations about criminal or illegal behavior

• Videos of physical bullying or violence against minors in a fight context shared in a non-condemning context 

Target private individuals (who must self-report) with:

• Self-referential bullying

• Unwanted manipulated imagery

• Comparison to other public, fictional, or private individuals based on physical appearance

• Claims about religious identity or blasphemy, except in at-risk countries where the Violence and Incitement policy should be applied

• Comparisons to animals or insects that are not culturally perceived as intellectually or physically inferior (“tiger,” “lion”)

• Neutral or positive physical descriptions

• Non-negative character or ability claims

• Any bullying or harassment violation, when shared in an endearing context

• Attacks through derogatory terms related to a lack of sexual activity

For the following content, we include a warning screen so that people are aware the content may be disturbing:

Videos of physical bullying or violence against minors in a fight context shared with a condemning caption

 

SECTION 10: Human Exploitation:

 

Policy Rationale:

After consulting with outside experts from around the world, we are consolidating several existing exploitation policies that were previously housed in different sections of the Community Standards into one dedicated section that focuses on human exploitation and captures a broad range of harmful activities that may manifest on our platform. Experts think and talk about these issues under one umbrella — human exploitation.

To disrupt and prevent harm, we remove content that facilitates or coordinates the exploitation of humans, including human trafficking. We define human trafficking as the business of depriving someone of liberty for profit. It is the exploitation of humans to force them to engage in commercial sex, labor, or other activities against their will. It relies on deception, force, and coercion, and degrades humans by depriving them of their freedom while economically or materially benefiting others.

Human trafficking is multi-faceted and global; it can affect anyone regardless of age, socioeconomic background, ethnicity, gender, or location. It takes many forms, and any given trafficking situation can involve various stages of development. Due to the coercive nature of this abuse, victims cannot consent.

While we need to be careful not to conflate human trafficking and smuggling, the two can be related and exhibit overlap. The United Nations defines human smuggling as the procurement or facilitation of illegal entry into a state across international borders. Without the necessity for coercion or force, it may still result in the exploitation of vulnerable individuals who are trying to leave their country of origin, often in pursuit of a better life. Human smuggling is a crime against a state, relying on movement, and human trafficking is a crime against a person, relying on exploitation.

Do Not Post:

Content or exhibit behavior that may lead to human exploitation, which includes any of the following:

• Sex Trafficking, covering minors and adults

• The sale of children for illegal adoption

• Orphanage Trafficking and Orphanage Voluntourism

• Forced Marriages

• Labor Exploitation (incl. bonded labor)

• Domestic Servitude

• Non-regenerative Organ Trafficking

• Forced Criminal Activity (e.g. forced begging, forced drug trafficking)

• Recruitment of Child Soldiers

Content geared towards the:

• Recruitment of potential victims through force, fraud, coercion, enticement, deception, blackmail, or other non-consensual acts.

• Facilitation of human exploitation by coordinating, transporting, transferring, harboring, or brokering of victims prior to or during the exploitation.

• Exploitation of humans by promoting, depicting, or advocating for it.

• Content that offers or assists in the smuggling of humans

SECTION 11: Privacy Violations and Image Privacy Rights

 

Policy Rationale:

Privacy and the protection of personal information are fundamentally important values for Uluntu/ SaffaMade. We work hard to keep your account secure and safeguard your personal information to protect you from potential physical or financial harm. You should not post personal or confidential information about others without first getting their consent. We also provide people ways to report imagery that they believe to violate their privacy rights.

 Do Not Post:

Content that facilitates identity theft by posting or soliciting personally identifiable information, including (but not limited to)

• National identification numbers, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, or exam numbers

• School and education IDs featuring two of the following: (1) name, (2) photo, or (3) ID number

• Digital identities, including passwords 

Content that contains medical/psychological, biometric, or genetic records or official documentation of others.

Content that facilitates identity theft by sharing personally identifiable information via an external link.

Content that facilitates identity theft by sharing private financial information of an organization or business.

Content that facilitates identity theft by disclosing the following personal financial information (of either the self or others):

• Bank account and/or card information

• Financial records paired with account information 

Content that facilitates identity theft by sharing the private contact information of others is defined as:

• Private phone numbers or addresses

• Email, Messenger, and chat identities

• The above information may be shared to promote charitable causes, non-violating services, or to facilitate finding missing people or animals

Except in limited cases of newsworthiness, content claimed or confirmed to come from a hacked source, regardless of whether the affected person is a public figure or a private individual.

Content that includes photographs that display the external view of private residences if the following conditions apply:

• The residence is a single-family home, or the resident’s unit number is identified in the image/caption

• The city or neighborhood is identified

• A resident is mentioned or depicted

• That same resident objects to the exposure of their private residence

Content that exposes the undercover status of law enforcement personnel if:

• The content contains the agent’s full name or other explicit identification and explicitly mentions their undercover status, or

• The content contains images identifying the faces of the law enforcement personnel and explicitly mentions their undercover status

Content that exposes information about safe houses by sharing any of the below, unless the safe house is actively promoting its location, contact information, or the type of service and protection it offers through comments, posts, Pages, or Groups:

• The actual address of the safe house (post box only is allowed),

• Images of the safe house,

• Identifiable city/neighborhood of the safe house, or

• Information outing residents of the safe house

The following content also may be removed:

• A reported photo or video of people where the person depicted in the image is:

• A minor under thirteen years old and the content was reported by the minor or a parent or legal guardian,

• A minor between thirteen and eighteen years old, and the content was reported by the minor,

• An adult, where the content was reported by the adult from outside the United States and applicable law may provide rights to removal

• Any person who is incapacitated and unable to report the content on their own

SECTION 12: Objectionable Content & Hate Speech

 

Policy Rationale:

We do not allow hate speech on Objectionable Content because it creates an environment of intimidation and exclusion and in some cases may promote real-world violence.

We define hate speech as a direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics — race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disease or disability. We protect against attacks based on age when age is paired with another protected characteristic, and also provide certain protections for immigration status. We define attack as violent or dehumanizing speech, harmful stereotypes, statements of inferiority, or calls for exclusion or segregation. We separate attacks into three tiers of severity, as described below.

Sometimes people share content containing someone else’s hate speech to raise awareness or educate others. In some cases, words or terms that might otherwise violate our standards are used self-referentially or in an empowering way. People sometimes express contempt in the context of a romantic break-up. Other times, they use gender-exclusive language to control membership in a health or positive support group, such as a breastfeeding group for women only. In all of these cases, we allow the content but expect people to indicate their intent, which helps us better understand why they shared it. Where the intention is unclear, we may remove the content.

In addition, we believe that people are more responsible when they share this kind of commentary using their authentic identity.

Do Not Post:

Tier 1:

Content targeting a person or group of people (including all subsets except those described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses) based on their aforementioned protected characteristic(s) or immigration status with:

• Violent speech or support in written or visual form

• Dehumanizing speech or imagery in the form of comparisons, generalizations, or unqualified behavioral statements (in written or visual form) to or about:

• Insects

• Animals that are culturally perceived as intellectually or physically inferior

• Filth, bacteria, disease, and feces

• Sexual predator

• Subhumanity

• Violent and sexual criminals

• Other criminals (including but not limited to “thieves,” “bank robbers,” or saying “All [protected characteristic or quasi-protected characteristic] are ‘criminals’”)

• Statements denying existence

• Mocking the concept, events, or victims of hate crimes even if no real person is depicted in an image 

• Designated dehumanizing comparisons, generalizations, or behavioral statements (in written or visual form)- that include:

• Black people and apes or ape-like creatures

• Black people and farm equipment

• Caricatures of Black people in the form of blackface

• Jewish people and rats

• Jewish people run the world or control major institutions such as media networks, the economy, or the government

• Muslim people and pigs

• Muslim people and sexual relations with goats or pigs

• Mexican people and worm-like creatures

• Women as household objects or referring to women as property or “objects”

• Transgender or non-binary people are referred to as “it” 

Tier 2:

Content targeting a person or group of people based on their protected characteristic(s) with:

• Generalizations that state inferiority (in written or visual form) in the following ways:

• Physical deficiencies are defined as those about:

• Hygiene, including but not limited to filthy, dirty, smelly

• Physical appearance, including but not limited to ugly, hideous

• Mental deficiencies are defined as those about:

• Intellectual capacity, including but not limited to dumb, stupid, idiots

• Education, including but not limited to illiterate, uneducated

• Mental health, including but not limited to mentally ill, retarded, crazy, insane

• Moral deficiencies are defined as those about:

• Character traits culturally perceived as negative, including but not limited to coward, liar, arrogant, ignorant

• Derogatory terms related to sexual activity, including but not limited to: whore, slut, perverts

 

• Other statements of inferiority, which we define as:

 

• Expressions about being less than adequate, including but not limited to worthless, useless

• Expressions about being better/worse than another protected characteristic, including but not limited to: “I believe that males are superior to females.”

• Expressions about deviating from the norm, including but not limited to: freaks, abnormal

• Expressions of contempt (in written or visual form), which we define as:

• Self-admission to intolerance based on a protected characteristic, including but not limited to: homophobic, islamophobic, racist

• Expressions that a protected characteristic shouldn’t exist

• Expressions of hate, including but not limited to despise, hate

• Expressions of dismissal, including but not limited to don´t respect, don’t like, don´t care for

• Expressions of disgust (in written or visual form), which we define as:

• Expressions that suggest the target causes sickness, including but not limited to: vomiting, throwing up

• Expressions of repulsion or distaste, including but not limited to vile, disgusting, yuck

• Cursing, is defined as:

• Referring to the target as genitalia or anus, including but not limited to: cunt, dick, asshole

• Profane terms or phrases with the intent to insult, including but not limited to fuck, bitch, motherfucker

• Terms or phrases calling for engagement in sexual activity, or contact with genitalia, anus, feces, or urine, including but not limited to suck my dick, kiss my ass, eat shit

 

Tier 3:

Content targeting a person or group of people based on their protected characteristic(s) with any of the following:

• Calls for segregation

• Explicit Exclusion which includes but is not limited to “expel” or “not allowed”.

• Political Exclusion is defined as the denial of the right to political participation.

• Economic Exclusion is defined as the denial of access to economic entitlements and limiting participation in the labor market,

• Social Exclusion is defined as including but not limited to denial of opportunity to gain access to spaces (incl. online) and social services.

We do allow criticism of immigration policies and arguments for restricting those policies.

Content that describes or negatively targets people with slurs, where slurs are defined as words commonly used as insulting labels for the above-listed characteristics.

 

SECTION 13: Violent and Graphic Content

 

Policy Rationale:

We remove content that glorifies violence or celebrates the suffering or humiliation of others because it may create an environment that discourages participation. We allow graphic content (with some limitations) to help people raise awareness about issues. We know that people value the ability to discuss important issues like human rights abuses or acts of terrorism. We also know that people have different sensitivities concerning graphic and violent content. For that reason, we add a warning label to especially graphic or violent content so that it is not available to people under the age of eighteen and so that people are aware of the graphic or violent nature before they click to see it.

Do Not Post:

Imagery of People

Videos of people or dead bodies in non-medical settings if they depict:

• Dismemberment

• Visible internal organs; partially decomposed bodies

• Charred or burning people unless in the context of cremation or self-immolation when that action is a form of political speech or newsworthy

• Victims of cannibalism

• Throat-slitting

 Live streams of capital punishment of a person

For the following content, we include a warning screen so that people are aware the content may be disturbing. We also limit the ability to view the content to adults, ages eighteen and older:

Imagery of People

Videos of people or dead bodies in a medical setting if they depict:

• Dismemberment

• Visible internal organs; partially decomposed bodies

• Charred or burning people, including cremation or self-immolation, when that action is a form of political speech or newsworthy

• Victims of cannibalism

• Throat-slitting

 Photos of wounded or dead people if they show

• Dismemberment

• Visible internal organs; partially decomposed bodies

• Charred or burning people

• Victims of cannibalism

• Throat-slitting

Imagery that shows the violent death of a person or people by accident or murder

Imagery that shows capital punishment of a person

Imagery that shows acts of torture committed against a person or people

Imagery of non-medical foreign objects (such as metal objects, knives, nails) involuntarily inserted or stuck into people causing grievous injury

Imagery of Animals

The following content involving animals:

• Videos depicting humans killing animals if there is no explicit manufacturing, hunting, or food consumption, processing, or preparation context

• Imagery of animal-to-animal fights, when there are visible innards or dismemberment of non-regenerating body, unless in the wild

• Imagery of humans committing acts of torture or abuse against live animals

• Imagery of animals showing wounds or cuts that render visible innards or dismemberment, if there is no explicit manufacturing, hunting, taxidermy, medical treatment, rescue or food consumption, preparation or processing context or the animal is already skinned or with its outer layer fully removed.

For the following content, we include a label so that people are aware the content may be sensitive:

The imagery of non-medical foreign objects voluntarily inserted into people through the skin in religious or cultural context

 Imagery of visible innards in a birthing context

 The imagery of fetuses and newborn babies that show:

• Dismemberment

• Visible innards

• An abortion or abandonment context

• Imagery of newborn babies in an abandonment context

The imagery of animals in a ritual slaughter context showing dismemberment, visible innards, or charring or burning

 

SECTION 14: Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity

 

Policy Rationale:

We restrict the display of nudity or sexual activity because some people in our community may be sensitive to this type of content. Additionally, we default to removing sexual imagery to prevent the sharing of non-consensual or underage content. Restrictions on the display of sexual activity also apply to digitally created content unless it is posted for educational, humorous, or satirical purposes.

Our nudity policies have become more nuanced over time. We understand that nudity can be shared for a variety of reasons, including as a form of protest, to raise awareness about a cause, or for educational or medical reasons. Where such intent is clear, we make allowances for the content. For example, while we restrict some images of female breasts that include the nipple, we allow other images, including those depicting acts of protest, women actively engaged in breast-feeding, and photos of post-mastectomy scarring. We also allow photographs of paintings, sculptures, and other art that depict nude figures.

Do Not Post:

Images of

Real nude adults, where nudity is defined as:

• Visible genitalia except in the context of birth giving and after-birth moments or health-related situations (for example, gender confirmation surgery, examination for cancer, or disease prevention/assessment)

• Visible anus and/or fully nude close-ups of buttocks unless photoshopped on a public figure

• Uncovered female nipples except in the context of breastfeeding, birth giving and after-birth moments, health-related situations (for example, post-mastectomy, breast cancer awareness or gender confirmation surgery), or an act of protest

• Sexual activity, including

• Sexual intercourse

• Explicit sexual intercourse, defined as mouth or genitals entering or in contact with another person’s genitals or anus, where at least one person’s genitals are nude

• Implied sexual intercourse, defined as mouth or genitals entering or in contact with another person’s genitals or anus, even when the contact is not directly visible, except in cases of a sexual health context, advertisements, and recognized fictional images or with indicators of fiction

• Implied stimulation of genitalia/anus, defined as stimulating genitalia/anus or inserting objects into genitalia/anus, even when the activity is not directly visible, except in cases of sexual health context, advertisements, and recognized fictional images or with indicators of fiction

• Other sexual activities include (but are not limited to)

• Erections

• Presence of by-products of sexual activity

• Stimulating genitals or anus, even if above or under clothing

• Use of sex toys, even if above or under clothing

• Stimulation of naked human nipples

• Squeezing female breast except in breastfeeding context

• Fetish content that involves

• Acts that are likely to lead to the death of a person or animal

• Dismemberment

• Cannibalism

• Feces, urine, spit, snot, menstruation, or vomit

 

Digital content that meets our definition of sexual activity unless any of the following conditions exist:

• Content where the sexual activity (intercourse or other sexual activities) is not directly visible

• Content was posted in a satirical or humorous context

• Content was posted in an educational or scientific context

• Imagery is not sufficiently detailed and only body shapes or contours are visible

 

SECTION 15: Sexual Solicitation

 

Policy Rationale:

As noted in Section 8 of our Community Standards (Sexual Exploitation of Adults), people use Objectionable Content to discuss and draw attention to sexual violence and exploitation. We recognize the importance of and want to allow for this discussion. We draw the line, however, when content facilitates, encourages, or coordinates sexual encounters between adults. We also restrict sexually explicit language that may lead to solicitation because some audiences within our global community may be sensitive to this type of content and it may impede the ability of people to connect with their friends and the broader community.

Do Not Post:

Attempted coordination of or recruitment for adult sexual activities, including but not limited to:

• Filmed sexual activities

• Pornographic activities, strip club shows, live sex performances, erotic dances

• Sexual, erotic, or tantric massages

 Explicit sexual solicitation by, including but not limited to the following, offering or asking for:

• Sex or sexual partners

• Sex chats or conversations

• Nude photos/videos/imagery

Content that is implicitly or indirectly offering or asking for sexual solicitation and meets both of the following criteria. If both criteria are not met, it is not deemed to be violation. For example, if the content is a hand-drawn image depicting sexual activity but does not ask or offer sexual solicitation, it is not violating:

Criteria 1: Offer or Ask for Content implicitly or indirectly* (typically through providing a method of contact) offers or asks for:

• Nude imagery, or

• Sex or sexual partners, or

• Sex chat conversations

 

Criteria 2: Suggestive Elements Content makes the aforementioned offer or asks using one of the following sexually suggestive elements:

• Contextually specific and commonly sexual emojis or emoji strings, or

• Regional sexualized slang, or

• Mentions or depictions of sexual activity (including hand-drawn, digital, or real-world art) such as sexual roles, sex positions, fetish scenarios, state of arousal, the act of sexual intercourse or activity (sexual penetration or self-pleasuring), or

• Imagery of real individuals with nudity covered by human parts, objects, or digital obstruction, including long shots of fully nude butts

An offer or ask for pornographic material (including, but not limited to, sharing of links to external pornographic websites)

Sexually explicit language that goes into graphic detail beyond mere reference to:

• A state of sexual arousal (wetness or erection) or

• An act of sexual intercourse (sexual penetration, self-pleasuring, or exercising fetish scenarios)

 

SECTION 16: Cruel Insensitive

 

Policy Rationale:

We believe that people share and connect more freely when they do not feel targeted based on their vulnerabilities. As such, we have higher expectations for content that we call cruel and insensitive, which we define as content that targets victims of serious physical or emotional harm.

We remove explicit attempts to mock victims and mark them as cruel implicit attempts, many of which take the form of memes and GIFs.

Do Not Post:

Content that depicts real people and laughs at or makes fun of their serious physical injury, starvation, or serious or fatal disease or disability.

Content that contains sadistic remarks and any visual or written depiction of real people experiencing premature death, serious physical injury, physical violence, or domestic violence.

Imagery that depicts real animals that are visibly experiencing and being laughed at made fun of, or contain sadistic remarks for any of the following (except staged animal vs. animal fights or animal fights in the wild):

• premature death

• serious physical injury (including mutilation)

• physical violence from a human

 

SECTION 17: Integrity, Authenticity & Misrepresentation

 

Policy Rationale:

Authenticity is the cornerstone of our community. We believe that people are more accountable for their statements and actions when they use their authentic identities. That’s why we require people to connect on Uluntu/ SaffaMade using the name they go by in everyday life. Our authenticity policies are intended to create a safe environment where people can trust and hold one another accountable.

Do Not:

Misrepresent your identity by:

• Using a name that does not abide by our name policies (not applicable to Instagram)

• Providing a false date of birth

Misuse our products by:

• Creating a profile for someone under thirteen years old

• Maintaining multiple accounts (not applicable to Instagram)

• Creating inauthentic profiles

• Sharing an account with any other person (not applicable to Instagram)

• Creating another Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram account after being banned from the site

• Creating or Managing a Page, Group, Event, or Instagram Profile because the previous Page, Group, Event, or Instagram Profile was removed from the site

• Evading the registration requirements outlined in our Terms of Service

 Impersonate others by:

• Using their images with the explicit aim of deceiving people

• Creating a profile assuming the persona of or speaking for another person or entity

• Creating a Page assuming to be or speak for another person or entity for whom the user is not authorized to do so.

• Posting imagery that is likely to deceive the public as to the content’s origin, if:

• The entity or an authorized representative objects to the content, and

• Can establish a risk of harm to members of the public.

 

SECTION 18: Spam

 

Policy Rationale:

We work hard to limit the spread of spam because we do not want to allow content that is designed to deceive, or that attempts to mislead users to increase viewership. This content creates a negative user experience and detracts from people’s ability to engage authentically in online communities. We also aim to prevent people from abusing our platform, products, or features to artificially increase viewership or distribute content en masse for commercial gain.

Do Not:

• Post, share, engage with content, or create accounts, groups, pages, events, or other assets, either manually or automatically, at very high frequencies.

• Attempt to or successfully sell, buy, or exchange site privileges or product features, such as accounts, admin roles, permission to post, pages, groups, likes, etc., except in the case of clearly identified branded content, as defined by our Branded Content Policy.

• Require or claim that users are required to engage with content (e.g. liking, sharing) before they can view or interact with promised content.

• Encourage likes, shares, follows, clicks, or the use of apps or websites under pretenses, such as:

• Offering false or non-existent services or functionality(e.g., “Get a ‘Dislike’ button!”)

• Failing to direct to promised content (e.g., “Click here for a discount code at Nordstrom”; false play buttons)

• Directing users off of Uluntu/ SaffaMade through the deceptive or misleading use of URLs, defined as:

• Cloaking: Presenting different content to Uluntu/ SaffaMade users and Uluntu/ SaffaMade crawlers or tools.

• Misleading content: Content contains a link that promises one type of content but delivers something substantially different.

• Deceptive Pop-up websites: Websites that require an action (captcha, watch ad, click here) to view the expected landing page content and the domain name of the URL changes after the required action is complete.

• Like / Share-Gating: Landing pages that require users to like, share, or otherwise engage with content before gaining access to off-Uluntu/ SaffaMade content.

• Deceptive Landing Page Functionality: Websites that have a misleading user interface, which results in accidental traffic being generated (pop-ups/unders, clickjacking, etc.)

• Impersonation: The website pretends to be a reputable brand or service by using a name, domain, or content featuring typos, misspellings, or other means to impersonate well-known brands (using a landing page similar to another, trusted site to mislead visitors).

• And other behaviors that are substantially similar to those listed above.

 

SECTION 19: Cyber Security

 

Policy Rationale:

We recognize that the safety of our users extends to the security of their personal information. Attempts to gather sensitive personal information by deceptive or invasive methods are harmful to the authentic, open, and safe atmosphere that we want to foster. Therefore, we do not allow attempts to gather sensitive user information through the abuse of our platform and products.

Do Not:

Attempt to compromise user accounts or gather sensitive information through unauthorized means, defined as: 

• Gaining access to any account or user data other than your own without explicit permission from the account owner.

• Encouraging or deceiving users and entities to download or run files or programs that will compromise a user’s online or data security. Such files and programs will be deemed malicious software or “malware” if they harm or gain unauthorized access to a computer, device, or network.

• Acquiring or requesting another user’s login credentials, whether explicitly or through deceptive means such as phishing (e.g. fake surveys designed to capture log-in info or links to fake login pages or impostor websites).

• Attempting to obtain the sensitive information of others such as usernames, passwords, or other personal information, through deceptive means or the use of malicious software or websites.

• Publicly sharing your own or others’ login information on the platform or through a third-party service.

• Creating, sharing, or hosting malicious software or malicious browser extensions to compromise accounts or gain access to user data.

• Providing online infrastructure, including Web Hosting Services, Domain Name System servers, and ad networks that enable abusive links such that a majority of those links on Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram violate the Spam or Cybersecurity sections of the Community Standards.

 

SECTION 20: Inauthentic Behavior

 

Policy Rationale:

In line with our commitment to authenticity, we don’t allow people to misrepresent themselves on Uluntu/ SaffaMade, use fake accounts, artificially boost the popularity of content, or engage in behaviors designed to enable other violations under our Community Standards. This policy is intended to create a space where people can trust the people and communities they interact with.

Do Not:

• Use multiple Uluntu/ SaffaMade accounts or share accounts between multiple people

• Misuse Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram reporting systems to harass others

• Conceal a Page’s purpose by misleading users about the ownership or control of that Page

• Engage in or claim to engage in Inauthentic Behavior, which is defined as the use of Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram assets (accounts, pages, groups, or events), to mislead people or Uluntu/ SaffaMade:

• about the identity, purpose, or origin of the entity that they represent

• about the popularity of Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram content or assets

• about the purpose of an audience or community

• about the source or origin of content to evade enforcement under our Community Standards

• Engage in, or claim to engage in Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior, defined as the use of multiple Uluntu/ SaffaMade or Instagram assets, working in concert to engage in Inauthentic Behavior (as defined above), where the use of fake accounts is central to the operation

• Engage in or claim to engage in Foreign or Government Interference, which is Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior conducted on behalf of a foreign or government actor.

 

SECTION 21: False News

Policy Rationale:

Reducing the spread of false news on Uluntu/ SaffaMade is a responsibility that we take seriously. We also recognize that this is a challenging and sensitive issue. We want to help people stay informed without stifling productive public discourse. There is also a fine line between false news and satire or opinion. For these reasons, we don’t remove false news from Uluntu/ SaffaMade but instead, significantly reduce its distribution by showing it lower in the News Feed. Learn more about our work to reduce the spread of false news here.

We are working to build a more informed community and reduce the spread of false news in several different ways, namely by:

• Disrupting economic incentives for people, Pages, and domains that propagate misinformation

• Using various signals, including feedback from our community, to inform a machine learning model that predicts which stories may be false

• Reducing the distribution of content rated as false by independent third-party fact-checkers

• Empowering people to decide for themselves what to read, trust, and share by informing them with more context and promoting news literacy

• Collaborating with academics and other organizations to help solve this challenging issue

 

SECTION 22: Manipulated Media

Policy Rationale:

Media, including images, audio, or video, can be edited in a variety of ways. In many cases, these changes are benign, like a filter effect on a photo. In other cases, the manipulation isn’t apparent and could mislead, particularly in the case of video content. We aim to remove this category of manipulated media when the criteria laid out below have been met.

In addition, we will continue to invest in partnerships (including with journalists, academics, and independent fact-checkers) to help us reduce the distribution of false news and misinformation, as well as to better inform people about the content they encounter online.

Do Not Post:

Video that has been edited or synthesized, beyond adjustments for clarity or quality, in ways that are not apparent to an average person and would likely mislead an average person to believe that a subject of the video said words that they did not say AND is the product of artificial intelligence or machine learning, including deep learning techniques (e.g., a technical deep fake), that merges, combines, replaces, and/or superimposes content onto a video, creating a video that appears authentic.

This policy does not extend to content that is parody or satire or is edited to omit words that were said or change the order of words that were said.

 

SECTION 23: Memorialization

Policy Rationale:

When someone passes away, friends and family can request that we memorialize the Uluntu/ SaffaMade account. Once memorialized, the word “Remembering” appears above the name on the person’s profile to help make it clear that the account is now a memorial site and protects against attempted logins and fraudulent activity. To respect the choices someone makes while alive, we aim to preserve their account after they pass away. We have also made it possible for people to identify a legacy contact to look after their account after they pass away. To support the bereaved, in some instances, we may remove or change certain content when the legacy contact or family members request it.

 For victims of murder and suicide, we will remove the following content if it appears on the deceased’s profile photo, cover photo, or among recent timeline posts when requested by a legacy contact or family member of the deceased:

• Visual depiction of the object used in the deceased’s death

• Imagery of the convicted or alleged murderer of the deceased

• Content related to the deceased’s death

For victims of murder, we will also remove the convicted or alleged murderer from the deceased’s profile if referenced in relationship status or among friends.

 When we have additional context provided by the legacy contact or a family member of the deceased, we may:

• Remove bullying or harassment violations on a memorialized profile, which normally require the individual to self-report

• Remove praise or support for the death, disease, or harm of the deceased person on a memorialized profile

• Change the deceased’s individual’s privacy settings from public to friends-only when there is harmful content on the profile

• Change a violating account name on the profile of the deceased individual

 

SECTION 24: Intellectual Property

Policy Rationale:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade takes intellectual property rights seriously and believes they are important to promoting expression, creativity, and innovation in our community. You own all of the content and information you post on Uluntu/ SaffaMade, and you control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. However, before sharing content on Uluntu/ SaffaMade, please be sure you have the right to do so. We ask that you respect other people’s copyrights, trademarks, and other legal rights. We are committed to helping people and organizations promote and protect their intellectual property rights. Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s Terms of Service do not allow people to post content that violates someone else’s intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. 

Upon receipt of a report from a rights holder or an authorized representative, we will remove or restrict content that engages in:

• Copyright infringement

• Trademark infringement

 

SECTION 25 Content-Related Requests

We comply with:

• User requests for removal of their account

• Requests for removal of a deceased user’s account from a verified immediate family member or executor

• Requests for removal of an incapacitated user’s account from an authorized representative

 

SECTION 26: Additional Protection of Minors

We comply with:

• Requests for removal of an underage account

• Government requests for the removal of child abuse imagery depicting, for example, beating by an adult or strangling or suffocating by an adult

• Legal guardian requests for removal of attacks on unintentionally famous minors

Information You Share:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade allows you to communicate with us through email and certain other means – for instance, to ask questions, provide feedback and suggestions, and the like.  We also allow you to post information to various parts of our App which are public-facing, share information (including your location) with other App users, and provide news submissions through our “Submit an Article” service.  Any communication or other material that you send to us or other users is and will be deemed to be non-confidential. Uluntu/ SaffaMade has no obligation of any kind concerning such information provided. Consequently, any Personal Information or other sensitive information that you choose to share may be viewable to others.  You agree that any information you share may be viewable by others. Please do not post, include, add, or otherwise share information that you would not want to be viewed by others, or otherwise made publicly available, such as your Personal Information, as part of any content that you share.

The App lets users from across the world interact with and share information – including their personal information, as well as location data.  By using our App and sharing information with other users therein, you understand and acknowledge the risks inherent in sharing your information with others online, and do so of your own choice.    

There may be times when we ask you for your Personal Information to facilitate other certain Services – for instance when you contact us with a question or request technical assistance with your account, we may ask for your contact information so that we can contact you further if needed.  When communicating with us, please do not share your Personal Information with Uluntu/ SaffaMade unless we specifically request it.

Privacy:

Your privacy is important – both to you and us.  Please view our Privacy Policy to learn how your information is handled when you register for and use our Services.

Content, Intellectual Property & Others’ Rights

Except for the posts, photos, text, graphics, videos, images, and other content and materials that you and other users create, or which are provided by or otherwise the property of third parties, the information, photos, text, graphics, videos, tools, images, and all other content and materials (“Content”) provided by or made available through the Website and other Services is owned or licensed by Uluntu/ SaffaMade, and is provided for your personal, non-commercial, and informational purposes only.  This Content also includes, but is not limited to the text, graphics, photos, interactive features, trademarks, service marks, and logos in our Services (“Marks”). You may not use, manipulate, copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, broadcast, display, sell, or otherwise use our Content and Marks for any purpose whatsoever not permitted by these Terms.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others – including copyrights – and prohibit our users from using our Website, App, or Services that violate those rights. As noted above, some of the content available through our Services comes from third parties. All other content, trademarks, and copyrights that appear through our Services are the property of their respective owners. You agree that you will not use the Services in a way that violates or infringes upon someone else’s rights of publicity, privacy, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.

You may not use the Content, Marks, or Services, or the content of others, in ways that are not authorized by these Terms. We may terminate your account or otherwise prohibit you from using our Services if we believe that you are violating the intellectual property rights of others in your use of our Website or Services.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Website or App – including content you submit through the App, material you provide in connection with your account or information you provide to us as part of an article submission – constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any content provided by you. We have the right to remove any materials or Content on our Website at our sole discretion. The views expressed by others on our Website or App, including those of third-party materials and content posted on our Website, do not necessarily reflect or represent our views or values.

Copyright:

As we said above, we respect the intellectual property rights of others and prohibit our users from using our Services that violate those rights. Additionally, we respect copyright law. Under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) copyright owners can file a complaint where they believe materials infringe on their copyright. If you believe that materials on the Services infringe on your copyright, please provide notice to our designated agent at:

Uluntu, LLC

123 ABC Street

Ste 123

City, State Postal

Email:  privacy@SaffaMade.com

 

Any DMCA notice filed with our designated agent must contain the following:

1. Information identifying the copyrighted work that is claimed to have been infringed, such as the copyrighted work’s title, author, URL, or other information.

2. Sufficient information allows us to identify and locate the allegedly infringing material.

3. Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email address, so that we may contact you.

4. A personal statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of allegedly infringing material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notification is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

6. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We recommend that you speak to a legal advisor before filing a DMCA notice with our designated agent to assess your rights.

Maintaining Your Account:

You play a key role in maintaining the integrity of your Uluntu/ SaffaMade account. As mentioned above, you are responsible for protecting the security of your account credentials, including your password. Additionally, you may not share your account credentials with others. Uluntu/ SaffaMade will not be responsible or liable for any compromise to your account that results from your failure to adhere to these obligations.

Email, Data Charges & Mobile Phones:

Certain aspects of our Services are designed to work with and be used on mobile phones and devices. You are responsible for any text messaging, data charges, and other fees and charges that you may incur from your mobile service provider by using our Services. Please talk to your mobile service provider before using our Services if you have questions about possible charges you may incur by using our Services.

By using the Services, you agree that we may communicate with you by electronic means, such as through email, text message, or other means. Please update your account if you change your email address or phone number to ensure that we do not send messages meant for you to others.

Third-Party Services and Links:

We may provide links to third-party websites that may be of interest to you. Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible for the content, quality, safety, availability, completeness, accuracy, privacy policies, legality, or any other practices and policies of such websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and should not be considered an endorsement by Uluntu/ SaffaMade of these websites or of the companies who own them. Each linked entity has its own privacy policies, terms and conditions, and other policies that govern your use of its website and services. Each linked entity is responsible for the correctness, completeness, legality, and accuracy of its website. As such, Uluntu/ SaffaMade makes no representation as to the accuracy or any other aspect of the information contained at such outside sites.  

When you click on one of the provided links, you are leaving our Services to enter another site on the Internet. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to through our Services, you do so entirely at your own risk. Your use of a third party’s website or services is governed by the third party’s privacy policy, terms and conditions, and other policies. You agree that we are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, websites, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites or advertisers. Please review carefully the third party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third party. You hereby waive any claim you might have against Uluntu/ SaffaMade with respect to these websites. Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible or otherwise liable for a third party’s terms or policies, or any actions taken under therein.

Additionally, Uluntu/ SaffaMade does not process and is not a party to or involved in any transaction for goods, products, or services you make with a third-party vendor whose website may be linked to from our Website or App. Transactions with third-party vendors may be processed by the third-party vendor itself, or by another payment service provider selected by the third-party vendor to process payments on its behalf. As mentioned above, any information that you provide to a third party while utilizing their website or service – including the third-party vendor or the payment service provider selected by the third-party vendor related to processing your transactions – will be governed by that third party’s policies and terms, and not Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s Privacy Policy or Terms.

Restriction, Modification, & Termination:

If ever you decide you no longer want to be bound to these Terms, or no longer want to be a member of the Uluntu/ SaffaMade community, you can terminate these Terms for any reason by deleting your account and no longer using our Website, App, or other Services.  

We reserve the right to change, modify, terminate, or otherwise alter these Terms at any time at our sole discretion and without notice. Such modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting of the updated Terms. You must review these Terms regularly to keep yourself apprised of any changes. Uluntu/ SaffaMade may terminate these Terms, with or without cause, at any time, without notice, and penalty. You agree that Uluntu/ SaffaMade shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, termination, or alteration of these Terms. The following provisions shall survive any termination: Your Use of Our Services  — What you Grant Us; Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; Indemnity; Choice Law and Jurisdiction; Severability; and Complete Terms.

We may also, in our sole discretion, terminate or restrict your use or access to our Website or Services (or any part thereof), for any reason, including, without limitation, where Uluntu/ SaffaMade believes you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms or other provisions, conditions, or policies of the Services.

Indemnity:

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Uluntu/ SaffaMade, its, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless, at your sole expense, from and against any claim, action, legal proceeding, damages, liability, settlements, expenses (including reasonably attorneys´ fees) and other costs arising out of or relating to (a) your access or use of the Services; (b) your content; (c) your breach of these Terms or the documents it incorporates by reference; (d) your negligence or misconduct; or (e) a claim that your use of any Services infringes the copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other rights of a third party. Uluntu/ SaffaMade may, at its sole discretion, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. The assumption of such defense or control by us, however, shall not excuse any of your indemnity obligations.

Disclaimers:

THIS WEBSITE AND APP, AND THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE, APP, AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT AND INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION, GOODS OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (EVEN IF ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED BY YOU, ANOTHER USER, OR THIRD PARTY THROUGH OUR SERVICES. ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT THAT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE, OFFENSIVE, MISLEADING, ILLEGAL, OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE.

We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. There may be delays, errors, defects, omissions, interruptions, and inaccuracies in the information or other materials available on or through the Services. Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible for the availability, use, timeliness, security, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, the content of the Services, or any other website that may be linked to on through the Services.  

Uluntu/ SaffaMade does not make any representations, nor do we endorse the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other material or database displayed, uploaded, or distributed in this Site, or available through links on the Services. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions in the Services. Although we take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, Trojans, or other malicious software (“malware”) or other destructive materials to the Services, Uluntu/ SaffaMade does not guarantee or warrant that the Services or materials that may be downloaded from the Services do not contain such contaminating or destructive properties. You understand and agree that any Content, materials, files, or information downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services is at your discretion and risk and that Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not liable for any damages or harm to your device or loss of data attributable to such Content, materials, files or information. If you rely on the Services and any materials available through the Services, you do so solely at your own risk. Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of any information provided on the Services.

Uluntu/ SaffaMade provides certain social media services through its App, allowing users to share information about their interests and themselves, including their location information.  You understand and agree that any Content, materials, or other information that you submit through the App may be viewable and used by others. You also agree that any information you share through the App and any communication you make with other users is done solely at your own risk and that Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible for any misuse of your information by any other user, or for any harm that you may suffer as a result.

Limitation of Liability:

IN NO EVENT SHALL ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, CUSTOMERS AND ANY OTHER AUTHORIZED AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION AN INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE´S SERVICES, THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, AND/OR ANY CONTENT, ANY CONTENT OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED, LICENSED, OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY MEANS OF OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSION OR DATA, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, OR ANY USER CONTENT, EVEN IF ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF ANY NEGLIGENCE OF ULUNTU/ SAFFAMADE OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR AGENTS. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.

In those jurisdictions that prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, any such liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. In no event will Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s aggregate liability for any and all claims related to the Services exceed $100 US or the amount you paid to Uluntu/ SaffaMade, if any, in the last 12 months, whichever is greater.

We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any content provided by you, another user, or a third party through our services. Uluntu/ SaffaMade is not responsible for any content that may be inappropriate, offensive, misleading, illegal, or otherwise objectionable.

Preventing Unlawful Activity:

We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of the Terms of Use and to take any action we deem appropriate including, but not limited to, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, email addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information. You acknowledge that we will have the right to report to law enforcement authorities any action that may be considered illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct.

When requested, we will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity.

Responding to Lawful Disclosure Requests:

We may also be required to disclose your information in response to a lawful and enforceable request by law enforcement, judicial, or other public authorities, or in connection with an enforceable legal obligation. In such instances, we will disclose your Personal Information upon receipt of an enforceable court order, subpoena, or other lawful process, or where otherwise required by law.

Choice of Law & Jurisdiction:

These Terms are governed by and construed under the laws of the United States of America, and the State of Missouri, without reference to conflict of laws principles, except where preempted by U.S. federal law.  

Any claims or disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms are also governed and construed by the laws of the United States of America, and the State of Missouri.  All disputes arising out of or related to these Terms and the Services shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Jackson County, Missouri, and the parties agree and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

Severability:

If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be severed from these Terms, and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining Terms.

Complete Terms:

Please note that these Terms, along with any other documents incorporated by reference, make up the entire agreement between you and Uluntu/ SaffaMade. We reserve all rights that are not expressly granted to you. You may not transfer any rights given or obligations borne to you under these Terms without our express consent. We do not waive any provision under these Terms even if it is not enforced.

 

SECTION 22: Contact Us:

If you have any questions regarding these Terms or our practices, you can contact us at:

Uluntu, LLC

123 ABC Street

Ste 124

City, State Postal

Email:  privacy@SaffaMade.com

Effective Date: 06/01/2024