Community Guidelines

        To help you understand what we do not allow on The Hometown Post, we created this set of Community Guidelines. The list isn’t exhaustive, and we may add to it or improve upon it, so it is important that you continue to check in on any modifications or updates frequently. We have no tolerance for:

        Sexualization of Children

        Don’t Post Events that Sexualize Children or Promote Inappropriate Content to Minors. This includes:

        • Any event relating to the sex or gender of minors
        • All ages pride events, including all ages drag shows and story hours
        • School curriculum or events relating to the sex or gender of minors

        Adult Sexual Content

        Don’t Post Sexually Explicit or Inappropriate Adult Content. This includes:

        • Pornography or links to pornographic sites
        • Adult nudity or imagery that may result in sexual arousal, or posted in a sexualized context, including drag shows and LGBTQ inter-relations
        • Content relating to sexual solicitation, the selling of sexual activities and services; strip services; sexual massages; and escort services
        • Explicit content about sexual fetishes

        Animal Welfare & Abuse

        Don’t Post Events Where Animals Are Harmed. This includes:

        • Trafficking, trade, or other illegal commercial exploitation of endangered animals and their products
        • Illegal hunting
        • Sexual abuse of animals
        • Maiming, mutilation, torture, wounding, or killing outside of standard practices, such as food preparation or legal hunting

        Cannabis

        Don’t Post Events That Promote the Use of or Sell Cannabis. This means:

        • Cannabis or cannabis-infused products (including CBD) provided for free, for sale by the Organizer, or as part of the ticket purchase (including free samples, infused food/beverage, gift bags, product discounts, and giveaways), attendee sharing of cannabis, teaching how to grow or extract cannabis (including infused cooking classes), or dispensary tours
        • This policy applies regardless of cannabis’ legality in a jurisdiction

        Child Protection

        Don’t Do or Post Anything that Puts Minors at Risk.

        • Don’t post anything that would be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), which includes material that depicts the sexual abuse and exploitation of children under the age of 18 years old, including child nudity and content intended for the purpose of sexual arousal. We treat instances of CSAM very seriously and when identified report them to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by law
        • In line with The Homtown Post’s Terms of Service, if you are organizing an event where children under the age of 18 (or the legal age of majority) may attend, the parent or legal guardian must register the minor and/or purchase the ticket on their behalf. You also may not use our tools or Services to collect data directly from anyone children under the age of 18.

        Bullying

        Don’t Post Content or Events That Promote or Facilitate Bullying, such as:

        • Online bullying, shaming, blackmailing, doxxing, or abusive or threatening treatment of others
        • Statements claiming intent of violence, or calls for action of violence towards any person(s)
        • Content that promotes, encourages, or provides instructions for self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders

        Hateful or Dangerous Content or Events

        • Don’t post Content or Events that discriminate against, harass, threaten, or otherwise target individuals or groups based on their race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, immigration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category.
        • Don’t post Content or Events that incite or encourage violence against anyone, including but not limited to organized criminal activity and terrorist symbols, activities, and organizations.

        Human Trafficking

        Don’t Post Anything That Promotes or Assists Human Trafficking.

        • Human trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud, or coercion to exploit a person for labor, services, or commercial sex act(s). This includes sex trafficking, forced human labor, orphanage trafficking, and forced marriage

        Illegal Content and Activities

        Don’t Post Illegal Content or Post About Illegal Activities, such as:

        • Illegal gambling activity
        • The sale or ingestion of illegal drugs, other illegal substances
        • Pyramid schemes
        • Intellectual property infringement, including uploading, distributing, reproducing, duplicating, or scraping any content on The Hometown Post that you do not have a right to under any law, which includes but is not limited to, all images, logos, videos, and text uploaded on your event listing. If you have identified an unauthorized use of your intellectual property on the Hometown Post, please follow the process in our Copyright and Trademark Policy
        • Any other content illegal under applicable law

        Integrity & Security

        Don’t Interfere with the Integrity and Security of Eventbrite Services by:

        • Interfering with, disrupting the operation of, or attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Hometown Post’s Services or the servers or networks used to make the Services available
        • Posting, transmitting through or releasing viruses, spyware, bots, or other software that may be harmful or intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any Hometown Post hardware, software or equipment

        Misrepresentation

        Don’t Misrepresent Yourself, Your Event, or the Contents of Your Event. This includes:

        • Impersonation of any person or entity, including without limitation any governmental officials or public figure; falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity; or expressing or implying that the Hometown Post endorses any statement you make without expressed written approval to do so
        • Unauthorized sale of tickets, or engaging in prohibited sales
        • Use of venues or locations without the appropriate authorization or permissions

        Privacy

        Don’t Invade The Privacy of Others.

        • Be thoughtful and careful about the kind of information you ask for. You should not use the Hometown Post to collect or share credit card numbers, social security numbers, financial information, or other sensitive information not absolutely necessary for the administration of your event, and not available for collection through alternative methods

        Unacceptable Business Practices

        Don’t Post Anything That Constitutes an Unacceptable Business Practice, such as:

        • Spam such as unsolicited advertising, promotional material, links to unsafe websites, email marketing spam or “junk mail”, chain letters, surveys, investment opportunities, or any other form of commercial solicitation
        • Multi-level marketing
        NOTE: We allow promotional marketing if an event is sponsored or advertised. We also allow our Users to create multiple events as part of a series.
        • Events that primarily promote commercial products or services, whether your own or a third party’s, that are not relevant to the posted event, except when referring to sponsors of the event, or merchandise or accommodations that have been added as an option in tandem with the event ticket/registration
        • Scams such as ‘Get Rich Quick’ schemes, fake credit repair services, or other fraudulent and deceptive services
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