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The following is from the Terms of Service of the coming site. The points from the "PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES" section are the only ones I believe may be an issue in pressing the conservative/Patriot/Right. Justifications or mitigations are added by me in red. The "Third Party Websites and Content" section directly address the Twitter/Facebook-type bias censorship.
There are no references I found to "race," "racial," "hate," "guns," "weapons," or other PC concerns as restrictions or criteria for material. Whether slurs and such will be tolerated I do not know, but this policy does seem much better than Parler's, and is at least competitive with that of Gab.
It does seem to restrict commercial use. But if I read that right, that will benefit in keeping the site focused on the war and reducing competition with sites like Parler and Gab.
Terms of Service | Truth Social
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. A Patriot puts the cause first.
As a user of the Site, you agree not to:
13. use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person. Darn, but these prohibitions do address legal offenses.
14. use the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise. Focus on the cause.
17. harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to you. The good guys can protect themselves and their own. Turnabout and New Rules.
20. upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site. I will have to restrain myself. Darn.
23. disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site. Flipside of this war. They censor us, so we censor them. And as I've been preaching for years, supporters need to think BEFORE posting.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content").
Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content.
Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms of Service no longer govern.
You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or install from the Site. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party.
You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.
