Legal
Acceptable Use Policy
Santoram is a public platform. These rules protect our readers, our creators, and our community.
Zero tolerance
Any sexual content involving minors, any credible threat of violence, and any content used to plan, commit, or facilitate a crime will be removed without notice, the account permanently banned, and the matter reported to the competent authorities. There are no warnings, no second chances, and no appeals for these categories.
You must not publish
- •Absolute zero tolerance for any sexual content involving minors, child grooming, or any sexualization of a person under 18. Such content is reported to the competent authorities without notice.
- •No threats, incitement, glorification, or facilitation of violence, terrorism, genocide, mass harm, or violent extremism of any kind.
- •No hate speech, hate propaganda, dehumanizing content, or harassment targeting any individual or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any protected characteristic.
- •No doxxing, stalking, intimidation, non-consensual intimate imagery, or sharing of any private, personal, or identifying information without clear, demonstrable consent.
- •No instructions, tutorials, recipes, or operational details for weapons, explosives, drugs, malware, intrusion, fraud, evasion, or any other illegal activity.
- •No spam, scams, deceptive promotion, clickbait farms, paid undisclosed promotion, impersonation, or coordinated inauthentic behavior. Every newsletter must use real sender identification, obtain genuine opt-in consent, and provide a working one-click unsubscribe.
- •No adult, sexually explicit, gratuitously graphic, gore, shock, or self-harm content. Such material is held for human review and is removed by default; publication is the rare exception, not the rule.
- •No misinformation or disinformation that risks public, electoral, medical, financial, or physical harm, including manipulated media presented as authentic.
- •No content that violates any law applicable to you, to your readers, or to any jurisdiction the content reaches.
- •No copyright, trademark, trade-secret, publicity, or other intellectual-property infringement. Quote sparingly, attribute clearly, and never republish other people's work without a license.
- •No fraud, money laundering, sanctions evasion, market manipulation, unregistered solicitation of investment, or sale, promotion, or facilitation of regulated, restricted, or illegal goods or services.
- •No AI-generated content passed off as human-written without disclosure, no fabricated quotes or sources, and no mass-generated low-effort content.
- •No circumvention of moderation, rate limits, bans, or platform safeguards, and no automated scraping, mirroring, or republishing of Santoram content.
- •You are solely, personally, and fully liable for everything you publish. Santoram is a neutral host, accepts no liability for user content, and may remove any content or account at its sole discretion, without notice and without refund.
Publishing standard
Publishing on Santoram is a privilege, not a right. We hold every submission to a strict standard and refuse anything that is unlawful, unsafe, deceptive, abusive, low-effort, or off-mission, at our sole and absolute discretion.
You are responsible for the accuracy, legality, and consequences of every word you publish. Hiding behind a pseudonym does not reduce your liability.
Enforcement
Every newsletter submitted for publication is screened by automated moderation. Content that triggers strict categories is auto-rejected and not appealable. Borderline content is held for human review and may be refused, edited, or required to be revised before publication.
Readers may report any newsletter via the report button. Reports are reviewed by our admin team and acted on per case, with strong deference to reader safety.
Actions may include silent removal, public unpublishing, demonetization, deindexing, account suspension, permanent bans, device or network bans, forfeiture of unpaid earnings, and referral to law enforcement. We reserve full and final discretion, may act without notice, and owe no refund. See our Terms.
Fraud, phishing, and scams: strict liability
Fraud, phishing, and financial scams are strict-liability violations. Intent, ignorance, "it was only a draft", "a bot wrote it", or a third-party source is not a defence. If the content is fraudulent or deceptive, the violation stands.
- •Phishing pages, credential harvesting, fake login or verification links, and lookalike or punycode domains.
- •Malware, obfuscated scripts, executable downloads, and links that hide their real destination.
- •Guaranteed or risk-free return claims, fixed daily or weekly yields, and unregistered solicitation of investment.
- •Crypto wallet validation, seed or recovery phrase requests, giveaway or airdrop doubling, and payment-in-gift-cards demands.
- •Advance-fee, inheritance, lottery, romance, and processing-fee schemes.
- •Impersonation of a bank, tax authority, platform, or support team, and invoice or bank-detail redirection.
- •Money laundering, mule recruitment, carding, stolen payment data, and forged documents.
Every submission is scanned automatically before publication. Confirmed fraud or phishing signals are rejected outright and are not appealable; borderline signals are held for human review. Consequences include immediate removal, permanent ban, forfeiture of unpaid earnings, and referral to payment providers and law enforcement.
You indemnify Santoram in full for any loss, claim, fine, chargeback, or legal cost arising from fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful content you publish.
Report a violation
Use the report button on any newsletter, file a scam or impersonation report, or email trust@santoram.com. For urgent legal matters, contact legal@santoram.com.