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- Acceptable Use
The purpose of this website is to allow our users to exercise their rights under the First Amendment. This means you can use this site to share your thoughts, views, comments, stories and opinions with the world. However, the rights established by the First Amendment are not unlimited. We, therefore, require you to comply with the following standards:
— Submissions must be factually accurate. Publishing false statements can, depending on other factors, subject the author to significant civil and criminal liability. Only post factually accurate information or matters of personal opinion are clearly identified as such.
— By posting any content on ExposedOnline, you represent and warrant that your submission is factually accurate and not unlawful (i.e., not an invasion of privacy).
— Submissions must be fair and not misleading. For example, if someone was arrested for a crime and the charges were later dropped, or the defendant was found not guilty, you should include that information in your post. In other words, don’t leave out essential details that make your story misleading.
— Submissions should contain your accurate contact info (name/email). As a general rule, we will protect the identity of our users to the fullest extent permitted by law, but we may be required to release information when served with a valid subpoena or court order. If you are highly concerned about protecting your identity, it is OK to use a pseudonym.
- Prohibited Use
You must also comply with the following standards:
— Do not post false, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful material. You are legally responsible for your words, so please don’t lie.
— Do not post material that violates another person’s intellectual property rights (copyrights, etc.).
— Do not post nudity, pornography or obscenity, including but not limited to “revenge porn”.
— Refrain from profanity/vulgarity.
— Do not post threats of violence/harm.
— Do not post images of minor children except when relevant to the story (i.e., a kidnapping case).
— Do not post hate speech such as comments attacking other people for their sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, national origin, or physical/mental disability, except when necessary to the story (i.e., “Can you believe Donald Trump said the following things about this group of people….?”)
— Do not bully or harass anyone (criticism is OK when warranted, but please exercise restraint and common decency).
— NEVER encourage any form of self-harm (cutting/suicide, etc.)
- Resolution of Complaints Regarding Inappropriate Content
As a policy, Exposed Online will remove any content from this site that we determine, in our sole editorial discretion, to be unlawful, obscene, inappropriate, or unduly offensive. Although we reserve the right to make exceptions from our policy at any time and for any reason, content removal will generally comply with the standards described on our Legal FAQ page. It is our policy to comply with valid/lawful court orders. However, we can’t promise to always comply with every order or judgment we receive. Also, to avoid any confusion caused by cases such as Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc., 570 F.3d 1096 (9th Cor. 2009), nothing in our Terms of Service may be construed as a promise to remove any content.
In our sole editorial discretion, we can and will remove content that we believe should not be on our site. However, unless you have obtained a valid court order proving that something in a post is false, please do NOT ask us to remove content because it is wrong. We are not the truth police and will not remove content just because someone has made an unverified claim that a post is terrible. Disputes over the accuracy of content posted on ExposedOnline should be resolved in court between the author and the post’s subject. It is unnecessary and inappropriate to name ExposedOnline as a party in such a case.
Notwithstanding the above, the images, text, documents, comments and graphics published at ExposedOnline are NOT verified for accuracy by ExposedOnline LLC or its owner. ExposedOnline LLC does not fact-check posts or comments submitted by users and cannot ensure the accuracy of any content presented on ExposedOnline by third parties. Content appearing on this site may contain rumours, speculation, assumptions, opinions and other unverified information from our users. Because they are not verified, postings may contain erroneous or inaccurate data. Exposed Online LLC makes no representation or warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information or opinions appearing on ExposedOnline. ExposedOnline LLC does not endorse, adopt, or ratify the opinions or views of third parties expressed on this site or any other linked sites.
- Grant of Exclusive Rights
By posting material on ExposedOnline, you grant to Exposed Online LLC an irrevocable, perpetual, fully-paid, worldwide exclusive license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of or incorporate it into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorise sublicenses of the preceding.
You represent and warrant that the Content you submit is an original work by you, that you own or control 100% of the rights in and to your Content and the rights granted to Exposed Online in this license, and such rights are and shall be free and clear of any claims, rights and obligations; and that you have the right to grant to Exposed Online the rights granted to us in this license, you do not require the consent of any third party and that there is no contract with any third party that could in any way interfere with ExposedOnline’s rights under this license or require any payment to be made to anyone by ExposedOnline.
You, at this moment, expressly waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any so-called ‘moral rights’ which may now or may hereafter be recognised by legislative enactment or otherwise at law or in equity concerning the Content.
Although we reserve the right to remove content at any time and for any reason, we generally do not remove content when asked by a person claiming to be the original author. We cannot verify claims of authorship and, therefore, will usually not remove content merely because a person claiming to be the original author asks us to draw something.
- Copyright Policies
ExposedOnline fully complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) 17 U.S.C. § 512, et. seq. If someone has submitted your copyrighted material without permission, please let us know by visiting our Copyright Page.
- Responsibility for Unlawful Content
Except for comments written in bold and signed “-EX“, all written submissions on this site are opinions of third parties and not of Exposed Online LLC. Exposed Online LLC is not responsible for and does not endorse, verify, or ratify any written statements and content by third parties.
Please read our Legal FAQ page for more information regarding our legal policies legal FAQ page.
- No Third-Party Beneficiaries
These terms constitute a legal agreement between you and Exposed Online, LLC. These terms are not intended to be, and shall not be, enforceable by any third party/parties.
Please do not use this site if you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use. Using this site will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to these terms.
- Notice of Availability of Parental Control Protections
Federal law, precisely 47 U.S.C. § 230(d), requires the provider of an “interactive computer service” (such as a website) to “notify [each] customer that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist the customer in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors.”
Under this requirement, if you are a parent interested in obtaining commercial tools to help you limit access to material harmful to minors, you can find a list of such tools here: PCMag.com – The Best Parental Control Software.
NOTE – ExposedOnline has no relationship with either PCMag.com or any software vendors mentioned in this article. We do not endorse or recommend any specific parental control software, product, or service.