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Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: 14 May 2026 · admin@scribbla.com

This policy applies to everything you do on Scribbla — drafts, AI prompts, AI output you keep, published works, comments, profile and usernames. Breaching it can result in content removal, account suspension or termination.

1. Illegal content

  • Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of any kind, including AI-generated.
  • Terrorism content and content inciting violence.
  • Other priority offences under the UK Online Safety Act 2023.
  • Content that breaches export-control, sanctions, or other applicable law.

2. Harm to people

  • Defamation, harassment, threats, stalking or doxxing.
  • Content that promotes, glorifies or provides instructions for self-harm, suicide or eating disorders.
  • Hate speech targeting protected characteristics.
  • Sexual deepfakes or non-consensual intimate imagery; depictions of real, identifiable people in sexual or explicit contexts without consent.
  • Other deepfakes of real people without clear disclosure and a legitimate creative purpose, and never to deceive the public.

3. AI-specific abuse

  • Generating malware, phishing kits, scam templates, fraud scripts, credential-harvesting pages, or instructions for committing crimes.
  • Mass-producing spam, SEO sludge or platform-manipulation content.
  • Generating content designed to manipulate elections or public-health responses.
  • Misrepresenting AI-generated material as human-authored journalism, scholarship, regulated-profession advice, or court evidence.

4. IP & privacy

  • Copying substantial portions of another author's work without permission.
  • Uploading research material you do not have the right to use, including paywalled content scraped without licence.
  • Personal data about identifiable people who have not consented and for which no other lawful basis applies.

5. Impersonation & deception

  • Impersonating another author, public figure or organisation in your display name, handle, bio or published works.
  • Sock-puppet accounts, vote manipulation, fake reviews.
  • Designed-to-deceive scams, phishing, financial fraud.

6. Enforcement ladder

  1. Warning — for low-severity, first-time issues, with the chance to remediate.
  2. Content removal — the offending material is taken down or unpublished.
  3. Feature restriction — e.g. publishing or AI features paused.
  4. Suspension — temporary loss of access pending review.
  5. Termination — permanent loss of access for severe or repeated breaches.

We move directly to suspension or termination for illegal content, CSAM, terrorism content or imminent threats to a person, and report to law-enforcement where required.

7. Reporting

Use the "Report content" control on any published work or comment, or email admin@scribbla.com. We triage on receipt; high-risk reports are actioned within 24 hours.

8. Appeals

If your content was removed or your account restricted, reply to the notification email or write to admin@scribbla.com with "Appeal" in the subject. A decision-maker who was not involved in the original action will review and respond, normally within 14 working days. See also our Complaints Procedure.