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Afronary Terms of Service

Effective Date: April 20, 2026

Welcome to Afronary (“Afronary,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Afronary is a community-driven platform that allows users to share, discuss, and discover stories, voices, links, media, and commentary.

By accessing or using Afronary.com, you agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the site.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Afronary. If you are under 18, you may use Afronary only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian.

By using Afronary, you represent that:

• You are legally able to agree to these Terms.
• The information you provide is accurate.
• You will comply with all applicable laws.

2. User Accounts

You may be required to create an account to use some parts of Afronary.

You are responsible for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality of your login information.
• All activity that occurs under your account.
• Promptly notifying us if you believe your account has been compromised.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts at any time.

3. User Content

Afronary allows users to post text, comments, links, images, media, and other content (“User Content”).

You are solely responsible for the content you post.

By posting content on Afronary, you represent that:

• The content does not violate any law or the rights of others.
• The content is not false, defamatory, threatening, harassing, or misleading.

Afronary does not guarantee the accuracy, truthfulness, or reliability of any User Content.

Afronary does not endorse or adopt the opinions expressed by users.

4. License to Use Posted Content

By posting User Content on Afronary, you grant Afronary a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to:

• Display your content on the site.
• Reproduce and distribute your content in connection with the platform.
• Use your content in summaries, search results, recommendations, social media posts, promotional materials, and AI-generated features related to Afronary.

You continue to own your content.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You may not use Afronary to:

• Post defamatory, false, or misleading statements.
• Harass, threaten, stalk, or abuse another person.
• Post hate speech, racism, discrimination, or incitement to violence.
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity.
• Post another person’s private information without permission.
• Upload or share copyrighted material you do not own.
• Post spam, scams, malware, or fraudulent content.
• Encourage illegal activity.
• Attempt to disrupt, damage, reverse engineer, or gain unauthorized access to Afronary.

We may remove content or terminate accounts for violating these rules.

6. Moderation and Enforcement

Afronary may, but is not required to:

• Review user content.
• Remove or edit content.
• Restrict, suspend, or permanently ban users.
• Lock, close, or moderate discussion rooms.
• Limit access to any portion of the site.

Moderation decisions may be made by human moderators, automated systems, or artificial intelligence.

We reserve the right to take action at any time and for any reason.

7. AI-Generated Content and Moderation

Afronary may use artificial intelligence to:

• Summarize content.
• Rank or recommend posts.
• Assist with moderation.
• Detect spam, abuse, or inappropriate content.

AI-generated summaries, rankings, labels, and moderation decisions may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.

You agree that:

• AI-generated content is provided for informational purposes only.
• You will not rely on AI-generated content as legal, medical, financial, or professional advice.
• Afronary is not responsible for errors made by automated systems.

8. Copyright and DMCA

If you believe content on Afronary infringes your copyright, you may send a copyright complaint requesting removal.

Your complaint should include:

• Your name and contact information.
• Identification of the copyrighted work.
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is unauthorized.
• A statement made under penalty of perjury that your complaint is accurate.

Repeat copyright infringers may have their accounts terminated.

9. Privacy

Your use of Afronary is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

Afronary may collect and store information including:

• Account information.
• IP addresses.
• Cookies.
• Chat messages and posts.
• Device and browser information.
• Usage and analytics information.

We may use this information to operate, improve, secure, and moderate the platform.

10. No Professional Advice

Content on Afronary is for discussion and informational purposes only.

Afronary does not provide legal, medical, financial, counseling, investment, or other professional advice.

Always seek qualified professional advice before acting on information found on the site.

11. Third-Party Links

Afronary may contain links to third-party websites, articles, videos, and services.

We do not control or endorse those third parties and are not responsible for their content, practices, or policies.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

Afronary is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE.”

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Afronary disclaims all warranties, express or implied.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Afronary and its owners, officers, employees, moderators, volunteers, contractors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages.

Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with Afronary is to stop using the site.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Afronary and its affiliates from any claim, demand, loss, or expense arising out of your use of the platform, your content, or your violation of these Terms.

15. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to Afronary at any time, with or without notice, for any reason.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Any dispute relating to Afronary shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New York.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.

Your continued use of Afronary after changes are posted means that you accept the revised Terms.

18. Contact Information

Afronary
Email: [INSERT CONTACT EMAIL]
Website: www.afronary.com

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