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Prohibited Content

From Affinity

• Ads must not include unsubstantiated claims, including but not limited to prices, discounts or product availability.
  
• Ads cannot insult, harass, or threaten any third party.
  
• Ads must not contain information (including but not limited to images, names, descriptions, etc.) of any third party without that third party’s express written permission.
  
• Ads must not contain audio that plays automatically. Any automated animation must cease after 15 seconds and must not replay.
  
• Ads must not be false, misleading, fraudulent, or deceptive.
  
• Ads cannot contain, facilitate, promote, or reference the following:
  
  1. Offensive, profane, vulgar, obscene or inappropriate language;
     
  2. Obscene, defamatory, libelous, slanderous and/or unlawful content;
     
  3. Tobacco products;
     
  4. Ammunition, firearms, paintball guns, BB guns, or weapons of any kind;
     
  5. Gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
     
  6. Scams, illegal activity, or chain letters;
     
  7. Contests and sweepstakes without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
     
  8. Money-making opportunities that offer compensation for little or no investment, including but not limited to "work from home" opportunities positioned as alternatives to part-time or full-time employment, without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
     
  9. Adult content, including nudity, sexual terms and/or images of people in positions or activities that are excessively suggestive or sexual, without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
     
  10. Adult friend finders or dating sites with a sexual emphasis without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
      
  11. Adult toys, videos, or other adult products without prior written authorization from Hostway (d.b.a Affinity);
      
  12. Uncertified or unlicensed pharmaceutical products;
      
  13. Spy-cams or surveillance equipment;
      
  14. Web-based non-accredited colleges that offer “degrees”;
      
  15. Inflammatory religious content;
      
  16. Politically religious agendas and/or any known associations with hate, criminal and/or terrorist activities;
      
  17. Content that exploits political agendas or issues for commercial use regardless of whether Advertiser has a political agenda;
      
  18. Hate speech, whether directed at an individual or a group, and whether based upon the race, sex, creed, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or language of such individual or group;
      
  19. Content that advocates against any organization, person, or group of people, with the exception of candidates running for public office;
      
  20. Content that depicts a health condition in a derogatory or inflammatory way or misrepresents a health condition in any way.