Never use the Bitly Services to distribute abusive, dangerous, or illegal content

You are prohibited from using the Bitly Services to distribute or promote the following types of content (including but not limited to text, images, video and audio):

• Content that attacks individuals or groups on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status, religion, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or medical condition, as well as any content promoting organizations with such views
• Content that exploits children
• Misinformation, including but not limited to, medical or civic misinformation
• Content that threatens, encourages, or promotes violence or graphic imagery
• Sexually explicit or intimate content shared without the subject’s consent
• Any content that glamorizes or promotes self-harm or endangers your safety or the safety of others
• Any content that promotes terrorism
• Any other content that is illegal

Never engage in abusive, dangerous, or illegal behavior

You are prohibited from using the Bitly Services to engage in the following types of behavior:

• Distributing malware, viruses, badware, or other types of disruptive software
• Engaging in phishing, spoofing, hacking, or other attempts to fraudulently gain access to someone’s information
• Sending bulk commercial emails or SMA (i
• e
• spam)
• Circumventing Bitly’s systems to evade detection of abuse outlined in the Bitly Terms
• Sharing someone’s private information without their consent (i
• e
• doxxing)
• Threatening violence or harm to others
• Bullying, harassing, or coordinated online attacks targeting individuals or groups (i
• e
• brigading)
• Impersonating others or misrepresenting your affiliation with any people, organizations or other entities
• Facilitating illegal activity such as the sale of prohibited goods and/or services
• Infringing another person or entity’s intellectual property

Reporting abuse and violations

We encourage anyone who suspects that someone is manipulating the Bitly Services or violating our Acceptable Use Policy in any way to notify us
We investigate concerns thoroughly and take appropriate actions, up to and including terminating user accounts

Bitly is committed to protecting the user experience and in doing so, our actions will reflect the spirit, not merely the letter, of this Acceptable Use Policy
Bitly reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account or pause or remove any content we deem to be negatively affecting the user experience or safety of our community, whether or not the behavior is explicitly prohibited by this Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy does not comprehensively list every type of content that Bitly could restrict or block, nor every basis on which Bitly may restrict or block content

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