Community Standards & Acceptable Use Policy

Effective Date: 06/05/2026

Bannds is a music-centered community, social media platform, audiovisual sharing platform, marketplace, and monetization platform designed to support artists, fans, venues, sellers, promoters, and other approved participants.

To maintain user safety, legal compliance, copyright compliance, payment integrity, advertiser confidence, app marketplace compliance, and a productive user experience, all users must comply with these Community Standards & Acceptable Use Policy (“Community Standards”).

These Community Standards form part of the Bannds Terms of Service.

Bannds reserves the right to investigate, mute, suppress, restrict, demonetize, remove, shadow-limit, suspend, or terminate accounts, content, communications, listings, livestreams, videos, or monetization privileges that violate these standards.

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Respectful Conduct and User Safety

Users may not use Bannds to engage in:

harassment
threats
stalking
bullying
targeted abuse
hateful conduct
discriminatory slurs
doxxing
intimidation
repeated unwanted sexual communications
extortion or coercion

Users may not use comments, direct messages, posts, stories, livestream chats, listings, artist pages, or any communication channel to create an unsafe or hostile environment for others.

Bannds may restrict messaging privileges, remove communications, suppress visibility, or terminate accounts involved in abusive behavior.

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Defamation, False Claims, and Impersonation

Users may not:

knowingly post false accusations about individuals, artists, venues, labels, promoters, or businesses
impersonate another person, artist, band, company, venue, label, promoter, or rights holder
create misleading fan pages or fake representative accounts
falsely claim endorsements, partnerships, or business relationships

Bannds may remove such content, suppress distribution, or terminate accounts without notice.

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Users may not upload, list, stream, sell, distribute, display, or monetize:

content they do not own or control
infringing cover recordings without required rights
unauthorized samples or third-party instrumentals
stolen masters
copyrighted images or artwork without permission
counterfeit merchandise
unauthorized ticket inventory
videos containing copyrighted commercial music
fan-shot concert clips lacking rights clearance
television or film clips
radio audio or broadcast audio
unauthorized promotional media
stories, reels, or livestreams containing third-party protected audiovisual material
background copyrighted music lacking rights clearance

Repeated ownership disputes, unsupported ownership assertions, audiovisual copyright detections, or rights verification failures may result in muting, demonetization, suppression, or permanent account termination.

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Fraud, Payment Abuse, and Marketplace Manipulation

Users may not engage in:

self-tipping
fake purchases
coordinated refund abuse
stolen payment method usage
chargeback abuse
fake shoutout orders
fake fan accounts
marketplace listing scams
false shipment claims
event ticket scams
coordinated payout manipulation
creator payout farming
artificial reward harvesting

Bannds may reverse earnings, freeze balances, remove listings, suppress visibility, suspend monetization, or terminate accounts involved in fraudulent activity.

Bannds may cooperate with payment processors and legal authorities regarding such conduct.

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Adult Content, Sexual Exploitation, and Nudity Restrictions

Bannds is not an adult-content platform.

Users may not upload, stream, sell, distribute, display, or promote:

pornography
explicit nudity
sexual exploitation material
coercive sexual content
sexual services solicitation
fetish marketplace listings
sexually explicit livestreams

Artistic material containing limited mature themes may be reviewed at Bannds’ discretion, but Bannds reserves broad authority to mute, suppress, remove, or restrict sexually explicit or app-store-noncompliant material.

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Minors and Age-Restricted Safety

Bannds is intended only for users eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Users may not:

create accounts for minors
knowingly solicit minors
use Bannds to communicate in sexually exploitative or predatory ways
use Bannds to distribute age-inappropriate material to minors

Bannds may remove accounts, preserve records, and report conduct where required.

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Scam Promotions, Deceptive Listings, and Misleading Transactions

Users may not create or distribute:

fake contests
deceptive giveaways
false crowdfunding requests
non-existent merch offers
misleading booking solicitations
fake sponsorship opportunities
misleading ticket offers
fraudulent vendor promotions

All marketplace listings, promotional campaigns, and seller offers must be truthful, fulfillable, and accurately described.

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Off-Platform Payment Circumvention

Where Bannds provides approved payment, tipping, seller checkout, ticketing, or monetization systems, users may not use Bannds to repeatedly solicit payment outside approved channels in order to evade fees, fraud review, buyer protections, payout controls, or Platform oversight.

Bannds may remove listings, suppress communications, or terminate accounts engaged in payment circumvention schemes.

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Spam, Bots, Artificial Activity, and Visibility Manipulation

Users may not:

use bots or scripts
mass-message users
artificially inflate follows or engagement
spam comments or promotions
use automated ad-engagement systems
manipulate recommendation systems
engage in repetitive unsolicited solicitations
artificially inflate story, reel, or creator video performance

Bannds may throttle visibility, mute creator reach, suspend messaging, demonetize, or terminate such accounts.

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Failure to Cooperate With Reviews, Documentation Requests, or Investigations

Users may not refuse, evade, obstruct, or repeatedly fail to cooperate with Bannds requests for:

identity verification
payout verification
shipment proof
rights documentation
ownership proof
contracts or licenses
copyright explanations
fraud explanations
moderation explanations
event verification

Failure to cooperate with Bannds compliance reviews, rights reviews, payout reviews, fraud reviews, or safety investigations may itself constitute a policy violation subject to enforcement.

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Investigations and Enforcement

Bannds may investigate suspected violations through:

user reports
payment processor alerts
rights-holder complaints
moderation review
automated copyright detection
transaction audits
fraud monitoring
internal safety review
advertiser safety review

Bannds may request documentation, explanations, shipment proof, identity verification, licenses, contracts, or other supporting materials.

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Enforcement Actions Available to Bannds

Bannds may take one or more of the following actions in response to violations:

warning notices
content muting
content suppression
visibility throttling
story/reel restriction
listing removal
messaging restrictions
demonetization
payout holds
reserve holds
earnings reversal
temporary suspension
permanent account termination
referral to payment processors
referral to legal authorities

Bannds retains sole discretion regarding the severity, sequence, and permanence of enforcement.

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Reporting Violations

Users may report violations, abuse, scams, copyright issues, harassment, unsafe conduct, or fraudulent activity through Bannds’ designated reporting channels.

Bannds may prioritize reports according to legal, payment, copyright, or safety severity.

False, abusive, or malicious reporting may itself result in enforcement action.

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Policy Changes

Bannds may update these Community Standards periodically as Platform risks, payment systems, audiovisual features, marketplace operations, legal requirements, and moderation practices evolve.

Continued use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of updated Community Standards.

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Contact

Questions regarding these Community Standards may be directed to:

Contact@bannds.com