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Safety Guidelines

Safety is the core focus of our platform. We want everyone here to feel that they are safe and supported. To ensure this, we will not tolerate the following: 

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1. Child Endangerment

We have a zero-tolerance policy toward child endangerment. We may communicate with law enforcement regarding credible incidents of child endangerment. This includes:

• Predatory behavior, including manipulation, exploitation, and grooming
• Sexualizing children or persons under 18 
• Engaging in sexual conversation, soliciting, or discussing sexual topics or themes with or about minors
• Soliciting, sharing, or discussing child sexual exploitation imagery or other content

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2. Sexual Content

We do not allow sexual content of any kind. This includes content that discusses, encourages, suggests, or depicts:

• Sexual acts
• Nudity
• Sexual harassment or violence 

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3. Threats, Violence, and Gore

We do not allow players to endorse, share, encourage or otherwise discuss violence, gore, or act in a threatening manner.  We do not allow the following:

• Violence, abuse, and gore
• Supporting, sharing, or glorifying war crimes, violence of any type, and human rights violations
• We do not allow content that depicts, supports, promotes, or otherwise discusses any terrorist or extremist organization and their actions, including:

          • Their actions, leaders, actors, or beliefs

           • Any slogans, flags, images, or icons associated with them

           • Any recruitment, education, or encouragement for players to seek out information

• Threatening others with real-world harm to themselves or others
• Discussing, inciting, or encouraging violence against people, animals, or property
• We may communicate with law enforcement agencies regarding credible threats of:

            • Physical assault or violence

           • Sexual assault

            • Property damage

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4. Extortion or Blackmail

• We do not allow any extortion or blackmail, participating, endorsing, encouraging, or otherwise discussing it
• Extortion is any attempt to threaten or manipulate someone to force them to do something.
• This includes threats about sharing personal information, making false reports, taking over someone's account, and conducting real-life harm or violence.

5. Dangerous, Illegal, and Regulated Activities

You cannot promote, discuss, depict, participate, glorify, or encourage illegal or regulated activities. No encouraging people to violate laws or doing so yourself. Including:

• Hacking, fraud, piracy, doxing, swatting, or gambling
• Illegal drugs, including marijuana, drug paraphernalia, or abuse of prescription medication
• Alcohol and tobacco, including references to drinking or drunkenness, e-cigarettes, vapes, e-liquids, or other substances
• Bombs, weapons, violence, abuse, or cruelty
• Discussing, challenging, or encouraging real-world, physical, dangerous activities

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6. Suicide and Self Harm

• We care about our community and take players’ well-being seriously. We are here to provide resources for struggling people. We may communicate with law enforcement regarding credible threats of self-harm.
• We don't allow content or behavior that depicts, glorifies, encourages, or discusses self-harm behavior. This includes:

           • Discussions of methods for self-harm or suicide

           • Encouraging, depicting, daring, or otherwise inciting self-harm or suicide

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7. Political or Religious Content

While we value the importance of politics and religion in people's lives, Hideaway and its games are not the appropriate platforms for these discussions. To maintain a friendly and respectful environment, we prohibit discussions or depictions of:

• Current and past political parties, candidates, or officials
• Slogans, logos, campaign materials, quotes, rallies, events, or other related material
• Inflammatory content related to the real-world border, territory, jurisdiction, or political relationships

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8. Real-World Tragic Events

• We prohibit content that recreates tragic events to mock the victims or support, glorify, or promote the perpetrators. 
• We do not allow the use of tragic events for personal gain, harassment, or in breach of the rules. These events include:

           • Mass shootings, domestic and international terrorism

           • Specific, real-world natural disaster events

           • War and conflict, war crimes, or other acts of violence 

           • Human or civil rights violations

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9. Harmful Off-platform Behavior or Events

We expect all of our players to follow these changes within any off-platform communities. If reported to us, we may warn or disable the accounts of users who:

• Harass, bully, discriminate or otherwise breach our safety rules
• Are physically, verbally, or sexually abusive; threaten, harass or otherwise extort or blackmail
• Breach any Child Safety rules, including by conducting predatory behavior, soliciting, sharing, or otherwise discussing child sexual exploitation imagery
• Share others' personal information
• Participate or otherwise are involved in hacking, false reports, or other illegal actions