> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://earthlinc.gitbook.io/protocol/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://earthlinc.gitbook.io/protocol/legal-and-policies/acceptable-use-policy.md). # Acceptable Use Policy *Version 1.0 · Effective July 4, 2026 · `earthlinc.earth`* This Policy sets the rules for what you may and may not do on the Earth LinC Service, and for the content you compose, Broadcast, or Cast. It is part of the Terms of Service. The Service is operated by **Kong Group** ("**we**," "**us**"). Capitalized terms follow the Terms of Service and the Earth LinC Protocol Specification. The Service is content-agnostic: a Station can be opened around almost anything that matters to you. These rules exist to protect the people who receive what you make, the missions a Cast supports, and the one thing the protocol cannot survive losing — that a recorded claim is true. *** ## 1. The one rule above the others: never fabricate ecological fact The protocol's value rests on a single guarantee: **a verified-fact layer is true.** Therefore: * You may not state, imply, or design content to suggest that an ecological action occurred when it has not been verified. * You may not present a Broadcast (off-chain, unverified) as if it carried a verified, on-chain record. * You may not alter, obscure, or misrepresent the verified-fact layer of any NaviStar — yours or anyone else's. * You may not use AI tools (ours or anyone's) to generate content that asserts ecological fact. **AI composes authored, human-supplied expression only.** Attempting to make AI write fact — by prompt, by workaround, or by tooling — is a violation of this Policy and of the protocol's integrity boundary. Violations of this section are treated as the most serious category and may result in immediate removal and termination. ## 2. Prohibited content You may not compose, Broadcast, mint, Cast, or upload content that: * is illegal, or promotes or facilitates illegal activity; * exploits or endangers minors in any way — this is zero-tolerance and reported to authorities; * is sexually explicit; * harasses, threatens, bullies, defames, or doxxes any person; * promotes hatred or violence against people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or similar characteristics; * deceives — including impersonation of any person or organization, phishing, scams, and fraudulent solicitation; * misrepresents charitable giving — for example, suggesting that funds go anywhere other than where the Donation Terms state, or soliciting Drops for missions that do not exist; * infringes intellectual-property, privacy, or publicity rights (see the IP & DMCA Policy); * contains malware, or links designed to harm recipients or their devices; * constitutes spam — bulk, unsolicited, or repetitive Broadcasting or Casting to people who have not chosen to receive it. ## 3. Prohibited conduct You may not: * interfere with, overload, or attack the Service or the networks it runs on; * probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities except through any disclosure program we publish; * access another person's account, Realm, or custodied NaviStars without authorization; * scrape or harvest personal information of users or recipients; * circumvent rate limits, free-allowance limits, or access controls; * Users are strictly prohibited from constructing, hosting, listing, or operating any marketplace, auction house, clearinghouse, or secondary trading order book **within the Service or utilizing the platform's proprietary infrastructure**. While Stations and NaviStars are inherently transferable by their sovereign holders as a matter of property fact, the platform's infrastructure and hosted services may not be subverted to facilitate commercial trading, exchange coordination, or liquidity pooling. (Terms of Service §5) * use the Service to launder money, evade sanctions, or finance prohibited activities; * misuse the recipient flow — Casting to fabricated, deceased, or non-consenting recipients to manufacture records, or to harass a person with unwanted Casts. ## 4. Recipients are people A Cast reaches a real person by email. You must have a genuine basis to direct a NaviStar to each recipient. Recipients can decline to claim, and can ask not to receive further Casts from you; we honor those requests, and so must you. ## 5. Moderation, removal, and enforcement * We may review content that is reported to us or flagged by automated systems. We do not pre-approve content, and we are not its author. * If content or conduct violates this Policy, we may: remove or unpublish the content (off-chain), restrict features, suspend or terminate access, and — where the law requires — notify authorities. * **What removal can and cannot do:** we can take down off-chain content — a Station's living page, a Broadcast link, hosted media. **We cannot edit or delete what is on-chain** (the NaviStar and its verified-fact layer are permanent by design). What we can do on-chain-adjacent surfaces is stop serving the authored page a NaviStar points to. * Enforcement of this Policy does not touch your sovereign assets: suspension or termination does not move, freeze, or confiscate NaviStars in self-custody (Terms of Service §14). ## 6. Reporting To report content or conduct that violates this Policy: ****, with a link to the content and a short description. Copyright reports follow the IP & DMCA Policy. We act on reports as quickly as we reasonably can, prioritizing safety. ## 7. Appeals If your content was removed or your access restricted and you believe we got it wrong, reply to the enforcement notice or write to **** within **30** days. We will review and respond. Where consumer law gives you additional rights, those rights are unaffected. ## 8. Changes We may update this Policy as the Service and the law evolve. Material changes are announced as described in the Terms of Service. *** *Part of the Earth LinC legal set: Terms of Service · Privacy Policy · Donation Terms & Charitable Disclosures · Digital Asset / NaviStar Terms · Payment & Refund Policy · IP & DMCA Policy.* --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. 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