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The following Community Standards are the shared values of the orkut.com community. orkut.com is a place where users can express their own beliefs and values, and our Community Standards help foster a positive environment in which to do so. These standards are a living document and will change based on the needs of the broad community and the available tools, so we encourage you to review them frequently.

We take the orkut.com Community Standards seriously and ask you to respect them. As orkut.com members, you have certain responsibilities to yourselves and to each other.

The following guidelines are intended to protect orkut.com members' privacy, legal rights and overall user experience. Note that these guidelines are not intended to replace the actual Terms of Service for orkut.com

Potential Community Standards violations should be reported using the Report Abuse button on either the community or profile page. If we determine that the reported content is illegal or violates our policies, we may immediately remove it.

Profile Restrictions

While we encourage users to take full advantage of their profiles on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain content and behavior. Users' profiles are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the suspension or termination of a profile.

User Identity

• orkut.com is meant to foster open interactions between real people, we require users to meet basic identity standards. Profiles should only be created by the person being depicted and be alive.
• All users must be at least 18 years old.

Profile Content

• A user should not upload, transmit or contain (in the profile, testimonials, scrapbook entries, etc.) material -- such as child pornography -- that violates real-world laws. These profiles will be immediately removed when we become aware of such content, and we will report instances of child pornography to the appropriate authorities.
• Images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
• A profile should not upload, transmit or contain material that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
• A profile should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor may it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.

Profile Behavior

• Profiles should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
• A profile should not be created by automated means or be used by an automated system to perform actions such as: creating new profiles; sending scraps, messages, testimonials or invitations; or creating communities. We may remove profiles found to be engaged in this type of activity. Similarly, a profile that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated.
• Users are accountable for the company they keep. An orkut.com profile should not be used to invite another profile with the purpose of violating these Community Standards. If the orkut.com team determines this takes place, we may suspend or remove both profiles.

Community Restrictions

While we encourage users to take advantage of communities on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain community content and behavior. Communities are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the removal of a community:

Community Content

• A community should not contain material -- such as child pornography or pedophilia -- that violates real-world laws.
• Images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.
• A community should not display material, or be used for activity, that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
• A community should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor should it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.

Community Behavior

• Communities should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.
• A community that affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated until the issue can be addressed.

Other orkut.com Policies

• Terms of Service
• Image Upload Policy
• Copyrighted Material Policy
• Privacy Policy