Community Guidelines
We are committed to creating a safe and open environment for
expression, community building and giving people a voice on Our
Platform. Through these communities, you can post, comment on,
engage with, vote, discuss, learn, debate, support and connect with
people who share your interests. As part of our Services to you, we
allow you to engage with creators and other users on the Platform,
upload and enjoy sports-related content, including live streams,
short-form videos (Moments), and interactive polls. As a user of our
Platform, we require you to be aware of and comply with these
Community Guidelines at all times.
All capitalised terms not defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Terms.
These guidelines ("Community Guidelines"), set out
below provide general guidance and an overview of what is and what
is not allowed on Our Platform.
Applicability
These Community Guidelines apply to any content created, uploaded,
hosted, posted, shared, transmitted or otherwise made available or
communicated on or via Our Platform ("Content"), including all types
of content on our platform, whether made available by a content
creator or a user, whether audio, visual or text-based or a
combination thereof, and including but not limited to any, watch
parties, livestreams, short videos, clips, comments, links, posts,
and thumbnails or any other engagement on our Platform.
Action we may take
If your content violates these Community Guidelines, we may take
suitable action against your Content / you, including
removing/disabling the offending content, disabling your access to
one or more features, suspending or terminating your account /
permanent ban from the platform, forfeiture of account related
benefits, etc.
We may also notify law enforcement agencies when we believe that
there is a genuine risk of physical harm or a direct threat to you
or public safety. Any action or decision taken by Us for violation
of these Community Guidelines shall be at Our sole discretion.
We may also remove content from our Platform for reasons other than
violation of these Community Guidelines (eg: to comply with a valid
legal notice we receive, to respond to subpoenas, a complaint from
an aggrieved user).
We have sought to make these Community Guidelines as detailed as
possible, however, this document is not an exhaustive list of
actions that could violate our policies. Any Content, if reported,
shall be analysed independently based on the parameters mentioned in
these Community Guidelines. We urge our User(s) to report to us any
Content that they believe violate these Guidelines, in the manner
set forth herein to keep the Platform and the community safe and
free from harm.
Content we prohibit
The following types of content are prohibited on Our Platform and we
may remove or restrict access to otherwise action the relevant
content:
Spam, Deceptive Engagements
Spam is any repeated, unwanted, unsolicited activity that harms the
community on Our Platform. Some examples below on what could fall
under Spam:
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Flood posts, comments, chats or livestreams with the same or
similar messages, links or scam/crypto promotions (including
"follow me"–type comments without real context).
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Use misleading content, deceptive pop-ups or impersonate brands to
drive Users to other websites.
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Use bots, scripts or multiple accounts to create Content, send
messages, or fake views, likes, followers, referrals or contest
entries.
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Share harmful links or files, including malware, viruses, phishing
pages, deceptive pop-ups or unsafe downloads.
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Ask for or push payments, transfers, investments or
personal/financial details to gain any unfair advantage or to run
scams.
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Posting any Content that could make other User(s) believe You are
associated with any brand, company, trust, organisation, community
or service that offers information/ tips/ tricks/ hacks/ cheats on
games or other paid features offered on Our Platform.
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Use engagement baiting (e.g., "Follow for giveaway", "Comment to
win") to artificially inflate metrics.
Misinformation, Impersonation, and Scams
We don't allow scams, misinformation or other content of a
fraudulent or misleading nature on our Platform.
Impersonation
It is not mandatory to use Your real name on Our Platform, however,
your presence on our Platform (including your chosen name / user ID,
profile picture and team name) must not impersonate anyone in
violation of law. Some examples below on what could fall under
impersonation:
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Unlawfully impersonating a person, brand, or entity, or otherwise
fraudulently deceiving users as to your true identity, except to
the extent permitted by law or by such person, brand, entity
itself, in writing (e.g. use of deepfakes, assuming false
identity, representing yourself to be or be associated with
someone you are not, is not permitted; however, mimicry, fan
pages, parody etc. might be allowed in some contexts).
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Using characters from multiple languages in a confusing or
misleading way.
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Using random symbols, numbers including without limiting it to
mobile numbers, repeating characters or punctuation.
- Using generic words or phrases instead of a name.
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Using names of brands, without authorization or license from
rightsholder(s).
Scams
Some examples of what may be considered a Scam is below. Conduct or
Content that:
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Is intended to or results in defrauding or misleading others on
the Platform,
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Spreads fabricated information of any kind including medical
information, including medical misinformation, false cures or
misleading health claims.
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Contains false information about elections, voting processes or
civic events.
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Uses realistic AI-generated or deepfake content that could be
mistaken for real and is not clearly labelled or identified as
such.
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Spreads fake sports news, player death hoaxes, or manipulated
match rumors.
Misinformation
We require You to provide accurate and up-to-date account
information. Do Not:
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Impersonate any person or organisation or mislead people about who
You are, including by using someone else's image, name, username,
brand, logo or other personal information, or by creating an
account that makes it appear they are posting or speaking.
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Create or use accounts for the purpose of violating our Community
Guidelines or misleading others.
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Post images, videos, clips, gifs or other content (including
AI-generated or heavily edited content) that could realistically
be mistaken as real and mislead people about the content's origin,
if (i) the entity or an authorised representative object to the
content; and/ or (ii) can establish a risk of harm to members of
the public.
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Create accounts for minors, maintain multiple personal accounts,
share an account with another person, or create a new account
after being banned from Our Platform.
Violent and Criminal Behaviour
Any Content that encourages or could instigate violence (whether
online or physical) or may lead to real-world harm is prohibited.
This includes attacks on anyone based on their race, ethnicity,
national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,
religion, disability or disease. Any predatory behaviour, graphic
violence, malicious attacks or promotion of dangerous behaviour is
not allowed on our Platform.
We also do not tolerate hate speech, bullying, harassment that
targets individuals or groups, or creates a risk of imminent
violence or physical harm.
Do not post Content that:
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Threatens, advocates for, glorifies, incites or calls for violence
or physical harm against any person, group or animal, including
serious threats towards individuals, public figures, high-risk
persons or high-risk groups.
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Praises, promotes or supports any criminal, terrorist or extremist
organisation or individual, or any acts committed by them,
including hate crimes, organised violence, mass shootings,
human-trafficking groups or similar offences.
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Spreads misinformation or unverifiable rumours that contribute to
the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.
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Encourages participation in high-risk, dangerous viral challenges.
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Encourages vandalism, damage to property, theft, bribery,
embezzlement, money laundering, scams or any other fraudulent
activity or convincing others to take part in unauthorised
monetary transactions.
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Post content that mocks death, serious or fatal disease or
disability, starvation, physical violence, domestic violence or
serious physical injury, or that claims a violent tragedy or its
victims are not real; make calls for death, serious disease or
disability, or physical harm to a specific person or group of
people.
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Promotes or solicits participation in Ponzi schemes, multi-level
marketing (MLM) programs, or other investment-related frauds not
permitted under Indian financial regulations, or solicits
deposits/payments in violation of applicable laws.
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Facilitates or coordinates the exploitation of humans, including
human trafficking.
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Encourages suicide, self-injury, self-mutilation including certain
graphic imagery and real-time depictions of such acts.
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Content that promotes drug consumption, or encourages others to
make, use, or trade-in drugs or other illicit substances.
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Threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty
of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order.
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Promotes, encourages or glorifies extreme dieting, self-starvation
or other eating-disorder behaviours.
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Involves minors performing, or being encouraged to perform,
dangerous, harmful or high-risk or otherwise inappropriate
activities.
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Promotes or facilitates the sale of alcohol, tobacco or gambling
products where prohibited by law.
- Promotes or facilitates the sale or trade of weapons.
Harassment and Bullying
We do not tolerate harassment, threats, or bullying of any
individuals on Our Platform especially where it is based on their
physical or mental traits, other intrinsic attributes or identity,
nor do we tolerate any groups dedicated to such behaviour.
Do not:
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Repeatedly contact someone in an unwanted, unsolicited or sexually
harassing manner including targeting anyone by attacking them
based on their gender, race or ethnicity
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Dox or threaten to share or release an individual's private phone
number, residential address or email address.
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Make intentionally false allegations about an individual or
business.
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Create pages or groups that are dedicated to attacking an
individual or or a group of individuals or entities to coordinate
harassment against them (coordinated harassment and dogpiling).
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Call for self-injury or suicide of a specific person or group of
people.
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Attack a specific person or group of people through derogatory
terms related to sexual activity.
We may also remove content posted by a creator who:
- Repeatedly encourages or incentivizes abusive behaviour;
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Instills hostility between creators or with targeted users for
personal gain (whether financial or reputational), and creates
content that could harm the Platform and/or its users
Hate Speech / Racial Abuse
We don't allow Content that promotes hatred, or attacks, threatens,
or demeans people based on who they are, or encourages or incites
any such actions. This includes (but isn't limited to) hateful or
demeaning content on the basis of one's identity or traits or
protected group statuses such as race, ethnicity, nationality,
religion, political views, caste, sex, gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, or serious disease/disability.
Some examples of conduct or Content that may be prohibited Hate
Speech:
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Uses slurs or insulting labels for any person or group based on
above characteristics.
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Dehumanises people or groups (for example, comparing them to
animals, vermin, or objects) based on above characteristics.
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Mocks victims or events involving hate crimes or identity-based
violence.
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Calls for violence, exclusion, or segregation (social, economic,
or political) against anyone because of their identity.
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Expresses contempt, disgust, or blanket negative generalisations
about people based on the above characteristics.
Prohibited Content: Betting, Gambling and Online Money
Gaming
You may not host, upload, share, publish, transmit, or promote any
Content that violates any applicable gaming, gambling, betting or
wagering related laws in your country. In particular, You must not
make available any Content that:
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Relates to or encourages money laundering, illegal financial
activities, or any scheme intended to obscure, conceal, or
misrepresent the origin of funds
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Relates to, promotes, facilitates, advertises, or encourages
gambling, betting, real money / online money gaming or wagering
activities that are prohibited under applicable law, including,
the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 ("PROGA"),
the Information Technology Act 2000 and Intermediary Guidelines
Rules 2021, in India.
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Attempts to recruit users into gambling, betting or online money
gaming communities, groups, or platforms offering such services.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Violation
We respect intellectual property rights of all users and take
intellectual property violations very seriously. You may only post
Content that you have the necessary rights to and/or relevant
authorizations for. You are hereby expressly prohibited to upload,
share, post, make available, communicate or reuse content that
violates another person's copyright, trademark, or proprietary
rights. You are further expressly prohibited from posting, sharing,
downloading, reproducing or making unlawful copies of, any third
party copyright content, without express authorization from the
applicable rightsholder, including, as applicable, from other Users,
or us (in relation to the Platform and/or the content we hold rights
in). You must not post or share:
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Live or recorded sports matches, movies, music concerts, or OTT
content without having the relevant rights and/or permissions to
do from the rightsholder(s).
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Copyrighted audio, images, videos or music (including clips,
reels, memes, background tracks) without rights or a valid
licence.
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Paid / proprietary content, such as course material, or gameplay
from platforms having strict licensing restrictions or
requirements.
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Screenshots or profile elements (bio, avatar, artwork, etc.)
created by another user and passed off as your own content.
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Match broadcast, player imagery, logos, or commentary reuse
without explicit permission from the rights holder (e.g., ICC,
BCCI, ECB).
Sexually Offensive & Inappropriate Content
Your conduct on the Platform, including the Content you make
available in any manner, should not be offensive, grossly
inappropriate (e.g. display sexual activity or nudity), lascivious
or lead to sexual exploitation, sexual violence, or predatory
behaviour, of any kind, including where minors or persons who appear
to be minors are involved.
Do not post any of the following Content in violation of applicable
law to which you may be subject:
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Child sexual abuse imagery, child pornography, and any other
content, including any graphical, image or video based, or
synthetically generated content that depicts, encourages, or
condones paedophilia, child sexual exploitation, grooming minors
or engaging with them in a predatory manner, enabling such
behaviours on the Platform, or otherwise sexualizes minors or
someone who appears to be a minor.
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Note that we follow a zero tolerance policy against Content that
may cause harm to minors. Therefore, any inappropriate, sexually
offensive content (or any other form of harassment) are targeted
to minors, our response to it will be swift and stringent.
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Content that consists of any form of sexual touching, crushing,
sexual abuse, grooming, necrophilia or bestiality, or forced
stripping or mocking victims of such acts.
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Non-consensual intimate images of a person or secretly taken
non-commercial imagery of a real person's commonly sexualised body
parts or of a person engaged in sexual activity.
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Details about any adult commercial sexual services or prostitution
activities, including requesting, offering or asking for rates for
escort services.
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Sexually suggestive dance, gestures, innuendos, or AI face swaps.
Profanity, Inappropriate Language or Conduct
We require our users to be mindful of the diverse cultural and
linguistic background of our community, and remain respectful in
their interactions on the Platform.
We encourage you to engage freely but responsibly on our Platform.
Use of profanity or swear words may or may not be protected free
speech in your country and may, depending upon the context, be
considered illegal.
Use of any words, images, visuals, or text that is grossly
offensive, obscene, demeaning or otherwise derogatory, in any
language, where such words, images, visuals, or text are aimed at
abusing, demeaning or targeting an individual or community in
violation of applicable law (for e.g for the reason of their caste,
creed, colour, race, ethnicity minority status, religious beliefs,
political preferences, disabilities, or other protected
characteristics), is not permitted on our platform.
We encourage users to always be respectful toward each other and
exercise sound judgement on what may, in a given context, be
considered as hurtful, abusive, obscene or otherwise unlawful.
Algorithmic Transparency and Content Ranking
Our platform uses automated systems and algorithms to recommend,
organize, and present content to users. This process is designed to
optimize and personalize user experience, while promoting a safe and
fair environment, in accordance with these Guidelines.
We commit to transparency regarding how our algorithms may affect
Content on the Platform, as required by evolving local regulations
from time to time.
Creator & User Conduct on Platform
Users, including content creators, can upload, engage on or share
short-form videos (Moments), live streams, and interactive content
(polls, predictions, etc.). Creators are expected to:
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Follow these Community Guidelines for all content, chat, and
collaborations they undertake on our Platform.
- Avoid misleading thumbnails, impersonation, or clickbait.
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Disclose any paid partnerships or promotions clearly and
prominently.
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Not host content that infringes upon any third party rights.
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Be responsible in making any claims in their Content and not
otherwise cause any disrepute to any other person, entity or
platform.
Live Stream & Chat Moderation Policy
Given the inherent challenges with moderating livestreaming, we
encourage users to use our community-driven reporting features on
the app (e.g. the "Report" button or sending an email to us) to
identify and moderate Content on our Platform.
We reserve the right to review real-time Interactions for live
streams and group chats on the Platform from time to time to
moderate Content and ensure compliance with our Community
Guidelines, to the extent practicable. We might use a combination of
real-time human and machine automated moderation for live streams
and chats, combining AI and human review. We reserve the right to
mute, disable, suspend, apply specific language filters to or
otherwise terminate the livestream and user chats at our sole
discretion
Privacy, Transparency, and Enforcement
Creators must obtain consent from individuals visible/audible in
their videos. User data or chat screenshots cannot be publicly
shared.
Reporting
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If you see any Content, including a post, comment, or message that
you believe violates these Community Guidelines, please report it
using the Report button on the Platform or via the Help & Support
section.
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When you report Content, please include as much detail as you can
(for example, links, screenshots, usernames and a brief
description of the Content).
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We will review the reported Content and, at our sole discretion,
may:
- issue warnings (including via email);
- remove the post, comment or message;
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temporarily or permanently ban and/or block the offending
user; and/or
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report such behaviour to relevant authorities and helplines
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If user(s) complain frequently against a User's Content, that
offending User shall be blocked from posting, commenting, sending
group messages or direct messages on the Platform for fourteen
(14) days from the date of receipt of the complaint.
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We reserve the right to automatically block a user from
commenting, posting in group chats or sending direct messages on
our Platform if we observe that the user has violated these
Community Guidelines, and we will notify them with an email to
their registered email ID.
Enforcement Process & Appeals
We use a clear, tiered, three-strikes enforcement mechanism:
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The first violation (or first "strike") of our Community
Guidelines will trigger a warning over email and/or within the app
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Your second violation or second "strike" will trigger a temporary
freeze from accessing the Platform
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Your third strike will result in a restriction or suspension from
accessing the certain features of the Platform.
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Any further offence after the third strike will trigger a
permanent ban from accessing the Platform, as well as removal of
your content / ability to access, post, engage with or share
Content or Services on the Platform.
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If you believe that any of the strikes or violations were unfair
or you'd like to challenge / appeal against them, you have a 7-day
window to appeal our decision via the Help Center.
If your profile or access to the Platform's Services have been
blocked and you'd like to unblock them, you may raise a request on
our Help & Support section. We will review such requests on a
case-by-case basis, and our decision in this regard shall be final
and at Our sole discretion.
We clarify that our moderation approach may use a combination of AI
+ human reviews, and will undertake real time as well as reactive
moderation (i.e., based on abuses reported by users) for live
streams.
For more information, please read Our Terms and Conditions and Our
Privacy Policy available on the Platform or contact Us at our Help &
Support section.
Compliance report of action taken under the Intermediary Guidelines
and Digital Media Ethics Code 2021 can be accessed
here.