Vilebin is an internet service that provides its users with the ability to publish information without the fear of censorship. We do not remove content unless it violates an established policy.
This page sets forth the superseding Terms of Service for Vilebin and includes general information. By accessing or using Vilebin, you agree to the terms outlined on this page. If you do not agree, do not use this website. Your use of this service is completely voluntary.
Law Enforcement Policy
Law enforcement officers with authority may contact us by email [email protected]. If you are a law enforcement officer and are contacting us with the intention of having content removed, we can voluntarily remove content upon request in accordance with our Terms of Service and applicable law.
Please note that requests for user information will not be honoured voluntarily. You may, however, request that we remove specific user content.
We ask law enforcement officers to provide the following in requests:
- The name of your law enforcement authority, including the country, state, province.
- Proof of authority, which may include your badge, agency contact information, or other documentation showing that you are authorised to submit the request.
- An email address with a government domain.
- A written request in English.
- Identifier of the relevant Vilebin user and/or post. Possible identifiers include Username, User ID, Title, URL, or other information which may help us locate a specific user or post.
- Indication whether such request can lawfully be disclosed to the relevant user.
- Indication whether such content may expose Vilebin’s administrators to criminal liability under the laws of your jurisdiction if no action is taken.
Unless otherwise indicated in the request, we may notify the relevant user that their content was removed in response to a law enforcement request.
For urgent requests, please include ‘URGENT REQUEST’ in the Subject Line for a faster response time.
Unlawful Content and Liability Policy
Users are solely responsible for determining whether accessing, viewing, posting, or interacting with Vilebin is lawful in their jurisdiction. Sharing personal information (i.e. doxing) is not a crime in our jurisdiction, however, certain conduct such as stalking, inciting fear of serious bodily injury, or the sexual exploitation of minors absolutely is, and we recognise that.
As such, content that violates governing law (i.e. any violation of our jurisdiction’s code), whether such violation is a criminal or civil offence, is strictly prohibited on Vilebin and will be removed once we become aware of its existence. Additionally, we may voluntarily remove content that is deemed illegal under applicable law to avoid any criminal liability on our part. Unlawful Content may include, but is not limited to, the publication of threats to kill, harm, or kidnap a person, or the publication of content to assist in the criminal extortion of an individual, or the publication of a visual depiction that involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. We do not turn a blind eye to Unlawful Content for any reason, nor will we ever encourage users to engage in unlawful activities. Therefore, users are solely responsible for whatever they do. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Vilebin, its owners, administrators, staff, and other agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or relating to use of the service.
Illegally obtained content is also removed by us in a good faith effort when there is a preponderance of the evidence that the author themselves illegally obtained such content. We take action against illegally obtained content to discourage users from maliciously obtaining private information for immediate publication on our platform. Though we require sufficient evidence of such conduct or a valid court order to take action.
Does Vilebin promote harassment, swatting, violence, etc? Absolutely not. We have never encouraged our users to engage in illegal activities and are strongly against such conduct. Users that directly use our platform for any patently illegal purpose will be banned. We specifically do not want users to write messages that may encourage harm or unwanted harassment to a person. The advocacy of illegal action is a category of speech that is not protected by law.
Defamation Policy
Authors of defamatory posts are responsible for the defamatory content pursuant to governing law. We do not need to remove defamatory content without a court order, but we make a good faith effort to remove defamatory content when provided with sufficient evidence showing that such content is patently defamatory. Vilebin is not a place to defame innocent people, and you may be banned if you are caught wilfully doing so.
The truth is not defamation (e.g., if someone really is a paedophile). We recognise that protecting factual and truthful speech is essential to free speech. As a result, we do not penalise people for making truthful statements, even if those statements are embarrassing to another. The burden of proving the truth generally falls on the author of the content.
Discretionary Policy
Our Staff Team may use their discretion to remove content. We make a good faith effort to avoid censorship, but reserve all rights to remove content we find substantially unethical or not serving any meaningful purpose. This may include, but is not limited to, spam, malware, personal information of a person who has not attained the age of 15 years, or targeted harassment which would be reasonably expected to cause substantial emotional distress to a person.
Removing Content
Child Sexual Abuse Material (Child Pornography)
Vilebin has always prohibited Child Sexual Abuse Material. We do an outstanding job of not only removing CSAM, but also preventing it on our platform in the first place by scanning most publicly available user content such as public posts and profile images. We consider CSAM to include any visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
If you are a victim, know a victim, or would like to report Child Sexual Abuse Material to us, please contact us immediately by email [email protected] and include ‘CSAM’ in the Subject Line for a faster response time. We do not require victims to verify their age to remove content that contains CSAM.
We will take action against CSAM and users posting CSAM within 12 hours once reported to us.
Non-Consensual Sexually Explicit Imagery
In addition to Child Sexual Abuse Material, Vilebin also prohibits non-consensual intimate visual depictions of adults. Please report by email [email protected].
Civil Claims
If your rights have been violated, you should seek relief in a competent jurisdiction by bringing a lawsuit against the author(s) of the relevant content. A court order to remove content will be honoured in full.
Legal process may be sent by email to [email protected].