1. Content Posting Guidelines
1.1 Spam
- Avoid posting, sharing, or engaging in content at excessively high frequencies.
- Refrain from redirecting users to other websites through misleading or impersonating content.
- Do not share links to harmful third-party content like malware or phishing sites.
- Offering incentives for monetary actions on the platform is prohibited.
- Creating bots that disrupt HotSports's operations or promote content, products, or services is not allowed.
- Do not contact people repetitively for commercial purposes without their consent.
- Refrain from posting repetitive comments or standalone phrases like "follow me" without context.
- Do not repeatedly promote other fantasy sports platforms or external groups on Telegram or Whatsapp.
- Creating content that implies association with brands, companies, or services offering tips, tricks, or cheats related to Fantasy games on the HotSports Platform is not allowed.
2. Profile Details Guidelines
2.1 Name, Profile Picture, and Team Name
- Your name, profile picture, and team name should not contain characters from multiple languages.
- Avoid symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters, or excessive punctuation.
- Refrain from using offensive or suggestive language.
- Names associated with fantasy sports brands are not allowed.
2.2 Account Integrity
- Provide accurate and current account-related information.
- Do not use others' images to deceive.
- Avoid creating accounts to violate guidelines or mislead others.
- Refrain from misleadingly using another person or organization's details.
- Do not share deceptive visual content likely to mislead or cause potential harm to the public.
- Do not create accounts for minors or maintain multiple accounts.
- Do not share or create accounts with others or after being banned.
- Impersonating or speaking for someone without authorization is strictly prohibited.
- Do not use another person's name, username, image, brand, or personal information.
3. Violence and Harmful Content Guidelines
3.1 General Content Restrictions
- Avoid posting statements intending or advocating violence.
- Content encouraging, glorifying, or inciting violence against individuals or groups, including animals, is not allowed.
- Threats causing serious harm to individuals, public figures, or vulnerable groups are strictly prohibited.
- Support or praise for criminal or terrorist organizations, or their actions, is not allowed.
- Content endorsing hate crimes, organized violence, trafficking, and similar activities is prohibited.
- Misinformation contributing to potential violence or harm is not allowed.
3.2 Specific Prohibitions
- Do not engage in challenges promoting high-risk behavior.
- Avoid advocating for vandalism, property harm, theft, etc.
- Encouragement of bribery, embezzlement, scams, or fraudulent activities is strictly prohibited.
- Promotion or sale of fantasy teams or monetary transactions is not allowed.
- Coordination or promotion of human exploitation, including human trafficking, is strictly prohibited.
- Encouragement of suicide, self-harm, or graphic imagery depicting such acts is not allowed.
- Promotion of drug use or trade of illicit substances is strictly prohibited.
- Content posing a threat to India's unity, integrity, foreign relations, or public order is not allowed.
4. Harassment and Bullying Guidelines
4.1 Unwanted Conduct
- Repeatedly contacting someone in an unwanted, harassing, or sexually inappropriate manner is strictly prohibited.
- Targeting individuals based on their status as victims of sexual assault, exploitation, or domestic abuse is not allowed.
- Threatening to disclose private information like phone numbers, addresses, or emails is strictly prohibited.
4.2 Abusive Language
- Engaging in abusive or derogatory language against any individual is not allowed.
- Making derogatory comments or attacking other users is strictly prohibited.
- Creating pages or groups dedicated to attacking individuals is not allowed.
- Encouraging self-harm or suicide of any person or group is strictly prohibited.
4.3 Hate Speech
- Hate speech that contains threats, incites violence, or promotes hatred based on identity factors like race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, caste, or disability is strictly prohibited.
- Avoid violent or dehumanizing speech, statements of inferiority, or calls for exclusion targeting individuals.
- Mocking events or victims of hate crimes is not allowed.
- Using slurs or negative descriptions targeting specific groups is strictly prohibited.
- Calling for segregation or exclusion based on identity is not allowed.
- Expressions of contempt, dismissal, or disgust towards individuals based on their identity are strictly prohibited.
5. Intellectual Property Guidelines
5.1 Original Content
- Share only original content and avoid plagiarizing others' work, including profiles and profile elements.
- Refrain from sharing another user's team or personalized data and presenting it as your own.
- Do not repost HotSports screenshots from other users and claim them as yours.
6. Security and Authenticity Guidelines
6.1 Platform Security
- Hacking or encouraging hacking of the HotSports Platform, or engaging in activities that compromise its security is strictly prohibited.
- Accessing or attempting to access accounts or user data without explicit permission is not allowed.
- Sharing personal or confidential information of any individual, like PAN cards, bank details, AADHAR cards, etc., is strictly prohibited.
- Encouraging users to download files or programs that compromise online security or install harmful software (malware) is not allowed.
- Distributing files containing viruses, trojans, worms, or other malicious content is strictly prohibited.
- Deceptively obtaining sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, or personal details is not allowed.
- Publicly sharing login information on HotSports or third-party services is strictly prohibited.
- Posting content that encourages hacking or threatens the security of the HotSports Platform is not allowed.
- Creating, sharing, or hosting malicious software or browser extensions to compromise accounts or disrupt the platform's functionality is strictly prohibited.
7. Content Involving Minors Guidelines
7.1 Predatory Behavior
- HotSports strictly prohibits predatory behavior towards minors.
- Any sexual or suggestive content involving minors or those appearing to be minors is promptly removed.
7.2 Explicit Content
- Avoid posting images or content that sexualizes minors or those appearing to be minors.
- Content involving sexual touching, necrophilia, bestiality, or non-consensual acts, or mocking victims of such acts is strictly prohibited.
- Non-consensual intimate images or private sexual content of individuals are not allowed.
- Details related to adult commercial sexual services or prostitution activities are strictly prohibited.
7.3 Nudity and Pornography
- HotSports has zero tolerance for nudity, pornography, sexually explicit or derogatory language.
8. Reporting and Moderation Guidelines
8.1 Reporting Violations
- If you encounter any content that violates these guidelines, please report it using the Report button within the app or reach out to us at [email protected].
- Provide as much detail as possible, including links and descriptions.
8.2 Moderation Responsibilities
- Moderation extends to group administrators (Group Admins) who have the authority to remove users violating guidelines within their groups.
- Group Admins can also limit messaging privileges to maintain a safe environment.
- HotSports reserves the right to report risky behavior, block user access, and take necessary actions at its discretion.
9. Unblocking Requests
9.1 Request Process
- For unblocking requests, users can reach out to [email protected].
- Each request will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, with final decisions at HotSports's discretion.
10. Conclusion
We are dedicated to creating a secure and respectful community on HotSports and appreciate your cooperation in adhering to these guidelines. Your use of the HotSports Platform indicates your agreement to these guidelines, alongside our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We take these guidelines seriously and expect users to do the same. Breaching these guidelines might result in content removal, account suspension, or even a ban from the platform. In cases of imminent physical harm or threats to public safety, we may involve law enforcement.
Thank you for being part of the HotSports community!