GolBol Content & Community Guidelines

These Content and Community Guidelines (“Guidelines”) govern your use of our website located at http://golbol.in and/or https://golbol.app and/or the GolBol mobile application (collectively, the “Platform”) and is made available by Antbridge Pvt. Ltd. (“GolBol”, “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”), a private company established under the laws of India. The terms “you” and “your” refer to the user of the Platform.

These Guidelines are to be read with the GolBol Terms of Use [http://golbol.in/privacy], the GolBol Privacy Policy [http://golbol.in/privacy/privacy-policy.html] (collectively, “Terms”). The capitalized words used in these guidelines shall have the meaning given to such words in the Terms.

Please note that we may change these Guidelines from time to time and we reserve the right to do so. The most current version is always available at [http://golbol.in/privacy/content-policy.html].

CONTENT GUIDELINES                                                                                                                                         

a. Adherence to Applicable Laws 

All the content, including without limitation, content that is uploaded, posted, commented on, or shared by you on our Platform, must adhere to the laws of the Republic of India, including without limitation, the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and, the Information Technology Act, 2000 along with all rules and amendments made under such laws. We cooperate with legal authorities in cases of breach of applicable laws.

Remember, simply comply with the law and don’t do anything that could land you into trouble.

b. Nudity and Pornography

We allow content that has limited sexual imagery, provided it is posted for artistic value, educational purposes, awareness, protest, humour or satirical purposes. Content which contains the following is against these Guidelines:

i. sexually explicit, pornographic or nude material or images that expose private parts (sexual organs);

ii. images of people in compromising positions or those with sexual or fetish or erotic intent;

iii.  sextortion or revenge pornography;

iv.  Bestiality or zoophilia;

 v.  content that exploits or endangers any person (for example, listing of phone numbers, or posting of pictures encouraging or soliciting prostitution or escort services);

vi. child pornography (including without limitation, creation, transmission or browsing of child pornography); or

vii.  content on rape, gangrape and molestation. 

It’s simple. Obscene content should not go on our Platform.

This is a public platform. Be nice!

d. Intellectual Property

Paintings, posters, photographs, advertisements, poems, lectures, articles and other similar content, all are subject to intellectual property protection.

Copying content whose intellectual property rights are held by another person or organisation, and posting it as your own, is not allowed. If you want to reshare some content from within the Platform, do not remove attributions, watermarks and original captions. Also, please take permission and give due credits to your fellow user who creates such content by mentioning their name.

If you are creative, your work will be protected. If you want to use or share anyone’s work, take permission and give credits.

e. Violence 

This includes all content that causes discomfort to our users due to the goriness in the content, such as graphical images or intends to incite violence, or encourages dangerous and illegal activities, or praises groups or leaders involved in terrorism, organized violence or criminal activities.

Educative or informative content on violence may be allowed provided that it is captioned in detail and contains warnings for violent content.

f. Hate Speech and Propaganda

Content that intimidates any person or promotes violent behaviour, targets or demeans any particular religion, caste, ethnicity, community, disability (physical or mental), age or gender, is prohibited. Any kind of content which produces hatred or has the intention of creating or spreading hatred or hate propaganda along the lines of religion, caste, ethnicity, community, age or gender is also not allowed.

g. Abuse, Self-Injury or Suicide

Posting any content that relates to physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment, neglect or abuse of a person, be it that of a child or an adult, is prohibited. Posts showcasing self-harm, injury or suicide or provoking anyone to commit self-harm are also not allowed. Further, posts that identify, tag and negatively target victims or survivors of abuse, self-injury or domestic or similar violence are also prohibited.

h. Illegal Activities

We have zero-tolerance for content or activities that advocate or promote illegal activities.  Content related to organized crime, violence or terrorist activities is not allowed. Sale of illegal goods or services, regulated goods, drugs, and soliciting or selling of sexual services is strictly forbidden.

Impersonating another person (such as your friends, celebrities or brands) and distributing false or misleading information on our Platform to make personal or financial gains is fraud.

GolBol does not let you conduct any activities that law prohibits.

i. Non-Consensual (Personal) Content

Any kind of personal content of another person, including pictures of people who will not appreciate such material being posted, is not allowed. Basically, do not post anyone’s personal or intimate photos without their permission or consent. We will remove such content.

Revealing someone’s personal data or sensitive personal data, including without limitation, phone number, address, financial information, Aadhar Number, and Passport information, or threatening someone using this information, will be considered as harassing them, and such activities are unacceptable.

j. Spam

False advertisements, fraudulent or misleading representations and security breaches, all fall under the ambit of commercial spam. They deter other users from sharing and connecting. It is important that the content you share be authentic and help create a safe environment for people to post on the Platform. Do not post the same content multiple times if it intends to annoy viewers or sell goods/services or gain followers.

k. Fake News

Any kind of content which spreads deliberate misinformation, hoaxes or fake propaganda, with the intent to mislead, is not permitted. We prohibit posting of content that exaggerates an existing piece of news by introducing non-factual elements into it.

If you intend to mislead our users or attempt to create a sensation by straight-up fabricating content, or attempt to damage someone’s reputation, or hurt their financial or political standing on the basis of false information, we will not let it spread on our Platform.

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

When you use our Platform, we expect you follow some norms. Each user following such practices will inspire their fellow users. This keeps the Platform clean and makes it easier to use, making it simple for you and your user friends to navigate the Platform.

a.     Multiple/Fake Profiles

Creating a fake profile of someone or impersonating someone in a misleading or deceiving manner is not allowed. Community profiles, informative profiles and fan profiles of public figures may be allowed. Satire or parody accounts of public figures are acceptable if it has been clearly mentioned in the profile description or profile status.

g. Beware of Legal Consequences

Unawareness of law is not an excuse. Note that for using our Platform, you will need to comply with laws that govern online conduct. Respect all applicable laws while using our Platform. Any activity featuring, encouraging, offering or soliciting illegal activities will not be tolerated.

h. Evading Suspension

Our decision to suspend any account is binding. Any attempt to circumvent the suspension by using other accounts, identities, personalities or presence on another user's account will also result in suspension. If you try to evade suspension, we may be compelled to terminate your account with us and block you from registering with us.

INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND REVIEW OF CONTENT

We are an intermediary. We do not control what our users do or say and are not responsible for their (or your) actions (whether online or offline). We are not responsible for services and features offered by others even if you access them through our Services. Our responsibility and liability for anything that happens on our Platform is strictly governed and limited by the laws of the Republic of India.

We expect you to be responsible for what you post and what you see. If any of our users report your content to be against these Guidelines, we may remove such content from our Platform. It takes some time to take down such content, so please bear with us.

All videos displayed in the app (GolBol TV) are owned by respective owners & provided by Youtube & other platforms, we have no claim on the same.

RIGHT TO CHALLENGE

In case the content you upload or post, or your activity is reported by another user and removed from our Platform, and you believe that your content has been unfairly removed, you may write to us at contact@golbol.in to challenge the removal. We may review the content again and determine if it may be reposted on the Platform.

OUR ACTIONS AGAINST TRANSGRESSORS

We take action against those who violate these Guidelines. If your profile is reported for violating these Guidelines, then your profile may be suspended temporarily for up to 360 (three hundred and sixty) days. In case of repeated breach of these Guidelines, we may be compelled to terminate your account with us and block you from registering with us.

If required, we will cooperate with legal authorities and note that we are under no duty to assist you.