Content guidelines

nowyouseeme is a platform for independent creators to build memberships and share content with their communities. We host a wide range of voices and content types — video, audio, photos, text, and live streams. These guidelines explain what is and isn't permitted on the platform.

We reserve the right to interpret and enforce these guidelines at our discretion, and to update them from time to time (material changes are notified as described in our Terms of service). If you encounter content that may violate these guidelines, report it directly from the post or profile, or contact us.

Where we determine a violation has occurred, we may remove content, restrict visibility, suspend monetisation, or terminate an account.

You are solely responsible for the content you publish on nowyouseeme. Do not publish content that violates any applicable law or regulation — including copyright, defamation, privacy, and data protection law.

Copyright: Only post content you own or have the right to share. Do not reproduce third-party text, music, images, or video without a licence or a valid fair-use justification.

Privacy: Do not publish private information about another person — including home addresses, phone numbers, financial details, or medical records — without their explicit consent.

Defamation: Do not post false statements of fact presented as true that could harm a person's reputation.

The following content is never permitted on nowyouseeme, regardless of tier, paywall status, or audience:

• Sexually explicit or adult content: nowyouseeme does not allow nudity, pornography, or sexually explicit material of any kind — including in posts, messages, livestreams, profile photos, cover images, and thumbnails. This applies to all tiers and paid content. This includes visible genitals, fully exposed buttocks, female nipples (except in breastfeeding, childbirth, health-related or protest contexts), sexual acts (real, simulated, drawn or computer-generated), and content whose dominant purpose is sexual arousal even where no nudity is shown. Non-sexualised swimwear, lingerie and fitness content, and nudity in paintings and sculptures, are allowed.
• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any content that sexually exploits or endangers minors. This is a zero-tolerance policy. We report all such content to the competent authorities, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and relevant law enforcement.
• Non-consensual intimate images (NCII): sharing or threatening to share sexual images of a person without their consent.
• Credible threats of violence: content that directly threatens physical harm to a specific person or group.
• Hate speech: content that incites violence or promotes hatred against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or medical condition.
• Terrorism and extremism: content that promotes, glorifies, or facilitates terrorist acts, mass violence, or extremist organisations.
• Human trafficking: content that facilitates, recruits for, or advertises trafficking, forced labour, or modern slavery.
• Dangerous instructions: content that provides actionable instructions for creating weapons, explosives, or dangerous substances intended to cause harm.
• Fraud and impersonation: posing as another person, brand, or organisation in a way that deceives others. Do not impersonate nowyouseeme staff.

nowyouseeme is not a platform for targeted harassment. Do not use the platform to:

• Repeatedly contact or message someone who has blocked you or asked you to stop.
• Coordinate or encourage others to harass a specific person.
• Publish content designed to intimidate, humiliate, or threaten an individual.
• Dox anyone — publishing private information to enable real-world harm.

Criticism, satire, and commentary on public figures are permitted. The line is drawn at content whose primary purpose is to cause distress or harm to an individual rather than to inform or engage an audience.

Do not use nowyouseeme to:

• Send unsolicited mass messages or bulk promotional content to users who have not opted in.
• Create fake accounts, buy followers, or artificially inflate subscription counts.
• Use automation to post, like, comment, or interact in ways that deceive the platform or other users.
• Operate multiple accounts to evade a suspension or ban.

We follow safe messaging guidelines on self-harm and suicide. Content that promotes, glorifies, or provides detailed methods of self-harm or suicide is not permitted.

Content that discusses mental health, recovery, lived experience, or harm reduction in a thoughtful, non-promotional way is allowed and often valuable to communities.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact a local emergency service or a crisis helpline such as the International Association for Suicide Prevention's directory at https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/.

Subscription payments on nowyouseeme are processed through Stripe. You must comply with Stripe's Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service. Certain business categories are restricted by Stripe and therefore also restricted on nowyouseeme.

Do not use nowyouseeme memberships to collect payments for goods or services that are illegal in your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of your subscribers.

When we identify or are notified of a potential violation, we may take one or more of the following actions depending on severity:

• Remove or hide the specific content.
• Issue a warning to the creator.
• Restrict the ability to post, go live, or receive payments.
• Suspend or permanently terminate the account.
• Report the content to law enforcement or relevant authorities where legally required.

Statement of reasons. When we restrict your content or account, we will tell you what we decided, which guideline or law was violated, whether automated means were used in making the decision, and how you can contest it — except where we are legally prevented from doing so, or where giving notice would expose others to harm or undermine an investigation.

Appeals. You can contest any enforcement decision — including a decision not to act on a report you made — free of charge, within 6 months of the decision, by contacting us with your username and a description of the situation. Appeals are reviewed by a human who was not involved in the original decision, and we will reply with reasons. If you are in the European Union and disagree with the outcome of your appeal, you may also be entitled to refer the decision to a certified out-of-court dispute-settlement body under Article 21 of the Digital Services Act, or to bring the matter before a court.

Reports. When you report content through the report button or by contacting us, we will confirm receipt of your report and let you know what we decide. Repeatedly submitting manifestly unfounded reports may lead to us suspending the processing of your reports for a period.

To report content that may violate these guidelines, use the report button on the post or profile, or contact us.