Fanblast Content Guidelines

Updated: May 20, 2024

Fanblast strives to maintain a safe, brand-friendly environment where creators and fans can engage with each other. Help us foster this community by following our Terms and Conditions as well as the following guidelines.

Respect the law.

Fanblast is not a place to support or praise terrorism, organized crime, or hate groups. Offering sexual services, buying or selling firearms, alcohol, and tobacco products between private individuals is also not allowed on Fanblast, nor is the buying or selling of non-medical or pharmaceutical drugs. We also remove content that attempts to trade, co-ordinate the trade of, donate, gift or ask for non-medical drugs, as well as content that either admits to personal use (unless in the recovery context) or coordinates or promotes the use of non-medical drugs. Fanblast also prohibits the private sale of live animals, although brick-and-mortar stores may offer these sales. No coordinating poaching or selling of endangered species or their parts is acceptable. Always remember to follow the law when offering to buy or sell other regulated goods. Accounts promoting online gambling, games of skill for money or lotteries must get our prior written permission before using any of our products. We have zero tolerance when it comes to sharing sexual content involving minors or threatening to post intimate images of others.

Refrain from posting harmful / sensitive content.

Do not post content that promotes illegal activity (such as promoting counterfeit goods or material for defeating drug tests). Don't post content encouraging the use of endangered animal species (such as ivory) or human remains. Do not impersonate other individuals or spread misleading information through deep-fake tools, voice cloning software, or other similar AI powered technology. Don't share or post sensitive personal data or confidential information.

Only share photos and videos that you've taken or have the right to share.

As always, you own the content you post on Fanblast. Remember to post authentic content, and don't post anything that you've copied or collected from the Internet that you don't have the right to post.

Post photos and videos that are appropriate for a diverse audience.

Nudity or sexually explicit material—including intercourse, genitals, close-up nude buttocks, or female nipples—is not allowed, unless it is in the context of breastfeeding, childbirth, post-birth care, health related matters (e.g., mastectomy or gender-confirmation surgery), or protest. Artistic works containing nudity, such as sculptures or paintings, are permitted. Any media showing nude or semi-nude minors may be removed, regardless of intention, due to potential misuse. Fanblast reserves the right to remove such content at its sole discretion.

We explicitly prohibit any visual depictions of minors in a sexual context. It is illegal by law to post content that depicts minors, or adults who act as minors, to prevent any abuse and trafficking of minors.

Foster meaningful, genuine interactions.

Help us stay spam-free by not artificially collecting Fans, posting repetitive content (including comments), or repeatedly contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent. Don't offer money or giveaways of money in exchange for Fans, comments, or other engagement. Don't post content that engages in, promotes, encourages, facilitates, or admits to the offering, solicitation, or trade of fake and misleading user reviews or ratings. You don't have to use your real name on Fanblast, but we do require Fanblast users to provide us with accurate and up-to-date information. Don't impersonate others and don't create accounts for the purpose of violating our guidelines or misleading others.

Respect other members of the Fanblast community.

We want to foster a positive, diverse community. We remove content that contains credible threats or hate speech, content that targets private individuals to degrade or shame them, personal information meant to blackmail or harass someone, and repeated unwanted messages. We do generally allow stronger conversation around people who are featured in the news or have a large public audience due to their profession or chosen activities. It's never OK to encourage violence or attack anyone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disability, or disease. When hate speech is being shared to challenge it or to raise awareness, we may allow it. In those instances, we ask that you express your intent clearly. Serious threats to public and personal safety are not allowed. This includes specific threats to physical harm as well as threats of theft, vandalism, and other financial harm. We carefully review reports of threats and consider many things when determining whether a threat is credible.

Maintain our supportive environment by not glorifying self-injury.

The Fanblast community cares for each other, and is often a place where people facing difficult issues such as eating disorders, self-harm, or other kinds of self-injury come together to create awareness or find support. We try to do our part by providing education in the app and adding information in the Help Center so people can get the help they need. Encouraging or urging people to embrace self-injury is counter to this environment of support, and we'll remove it or disable accounts if it's reported to us. We may also remove content identifying victims or survivors of self-injury if the content targets them for attack or humor.

Be thoughtful when posting newsworthy events.

We understand that many people use Fanblast to share important and newsworthy events. Some of these issues can involve graphic images. Because so many different people and age groups use Fanblast, we may remove videos of intense, graphic violence to make sure Fanblast stays appropriate for everyone. We understand that people often share this kind of content to condemn, raise awareness, or educate. If you do share content for these reasons, we encourage you to caption your photo with a warning about graphic imagery. Sharing graphic images for sadistic pleasure or to glorify violence is never allowed.

Help us strengthen the community:

Each one of us is an important part of the Fanblast community. If you see something that you think may violate our guidelines, please help us by reporting it to info@digitalblast.com. We have a team that reviews these reports and works as quickly as possible to remove content that doesn't meet our guidelines. Even if you or someone you know doesn't have a Fanblast account, you can still file a report. When you complete the report, try to provide as much information as possible, such as links, usernames, and descriptions of the content, so we can find and review it quickly. We may remove entire posts if either the image or associated captions violate our guidelines.

You may find content you don't like, but doesn't violate our guidelines. If that happens, you can unsubscribe (as a fan) or block (as a creator) the person who posted it. If you're a creator and there's a comment on one of your posts that you don't like, you can delete that comment.

Many disputes and misunderstandings can be resolved directly between community members. If one of your photos or videos was posted by someone else, you could try commenting on the post and asking the person to take it down. If that doesn't work, you can file a copyright report. If you believe someone is violating your trademark, you can file a trademark report. Don't target the person who posted it by posting screenshots and drawing attention to the situation because that may be classified as harassment.

Complaints & Content Removal

You have the right to request the removal of content that depicts you. Please note that after an investigation, your request could be found inapplicable. All reports are reviewed and handled by our moderation team within seven (7) business days. Where there is evidence of illegal content, this content will be removed without delay.

In case of any disagreement regarding an appeal, such disagreement will be submitted to a neutral body for resolution. For reporting use the following: info@digitalblast.com

Record-keeping

Fanblast maintains a record of all complaints to ensure transparency and accountability. For each complaint, the following information is recorded:

- The complainant's contact details and the nature of the complaint

- The date the complaint was logged

- The action taken in response

- The date and reason for resolution

- Confirmation that the complainant was informed of the outcome

- Any response from the complainant and follow-up actions

All personal data is anonymized after the complaint is addressed. Copies of correspondence and any related materials are securely kept for seven (7) years.

The complaints register is treated as strictly confidential. Access is limited to authorized personnel only.

We may work with law enforcement, including when we believe that there's risk of physical harm or threat to public safety.