last updated 3rd October 2023

As part of our ongoing efforts to make HorseLink a trusted platform for its users, we’ve developed guidelines that go hand-in-hand with our Terms and Conditions. They outline the do’s and don’ts of using HorseLink so that we can best keep you (and your audience!) safe. Please take a few minutes to review our Community Standards since – like our T&Cs – you’re agreeing to abide by them by using your HorseLink.

If you come across content on a HorseLink that violates the standards below, please report it.

Hate speech

HorseLink is a place to share beliefs and ideas as long as it does not cause harm, incite hatred or violence, or discriminate against individuals and groups based on race, skin color, national origin, religious beliefs, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or medical condition. We’re also not a platform that should be used to glorify perpetrators of hatred, violence, or discrimination either.

URLs

HorseLink usernames are meant for everyone– so don’t buy, sell, hoard or trade them. Don’t secure a username without the intention of using it, or with the intention to ‘domain squat’, i.e. to prevent someone else from using it, or to profit from reselling it. This is illegal in some countries and HorseLink does not allow it.

Illegal goods and services

Don’t use HorseLink to advertise, encourage, or facilitate the sale of regulated or illegal goods, services, or activities, including (but not limited to):

• Alcohol*
• Tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
• Weapons, weapon schematics, accessories and ammunition, including firearms and real-life replicas lacking indicators that clearly denote they cannot be fired
• Fireworks and explosives
• Body parts (including body fluids, blood etc.) or offers of humans for sale
• Endangered or protected species or parts of
• Regulated plants, insects, animals
• Offers for adoption/surrogacy
• Counterfeit goods, including “dupes” of established brands
• Recalled items
• Stolen items
• Products offered through multi-level marketing schemes
• Embargoed goods
• Hazardous/toxic materials
• ID documents
• Personal information or mailing lists
• Gambling, including casino and betting games**
• Human trafficking

Any content designed to target minors must not promote any content that is inappropriate, or that exploits or exerts undue pressure on the targeted individuals.

Spam and fraud

Don’t use HorseLink to spam or scam visitors. This includes (but isn’t limited to):

• linking out to external sites which might collect personal information under false pretenses
• creating a large number of accounts to advertise goods/services/domains
• creating a large number of accounts to collect affiliate per-click funds

Harassment

Don’t use HorseLink to target individuals with the intention to intimidate, harass, threaten, or bully.

Shocking or violent content

Don’t use HorseLink to share content intended to shock and disturb visitors such as gore, mutilation, excessive violence, or physical abuse of either animal or person.

Copyright and trademark

You should not upload content that infringes an individual’s intellectual property rights (including copyright, trademarks, and patents). If you believe your intellectual property rights are being infringed because of content on HorseLink, please reach out to us.

Privacy and impersonation

Maintaining individual privacy is very important on HorseLink! We don’t allow HorseLink profiles that expose others’ personal identifying information (billing details, IDs, etc.), collect identifying information (including IP addresses) without the appropriate legal basis (e.g. explicit consent), or expose private media (image-based sexual abuse, etc.). We also don’t allow HorseLink profiles that impersonate other individuals or organizations.

Misinformation

Don’t use HorseLink to post, share or spread misinformation or disinformation. This includes any content that jeopardizes public or individual safety, including but not limited to manipulated media, documentation, or conspiracy theories.

Examples:

• content that is false, inaccurate, disproven, or designed to misinform others re: current events, social issues or crises
• potentially harmful alternatives to medical treatment