Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) lists activities that are prohibited on the OctopusLab platform. It applies to every project, every prompt, every deployment, and to every user — without exception. The AUP is part of our Terms of Service; violations may result in immediate suspension or termination of your account, without refund.

1. Illegal and Harmful Content

You may not use the Service to create, host, distribute, or facilitate:

• Activity that is unlawful in your jurisdiction or in the jurisdiction of your users.
• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming content, or any content sexualizing minors. We report violations to relevant authorities.
• Terrorism, violent extremism, or incitement to violence.
• Promotion or facilitation of trafficking — in humans, drugs, weapons, endangered species, or stolen credentials.

2. Fraud, Deception, and Phishing

• Phishing pages, fake login screens, or sites impersonating other brands, services, or public figures.
• Pyramid schemes, “pump-and-dump”, rug pulls, or other crypto fraud.
• Counterfeit goods, ticket scalping using bots.
• Falsified credentials, diplomas, or documents.

3. Malware and Abuse of Computing Resources

• Hosting, distributing, or generating malware, ransomware, or exploit kits.
• Cryptocurrency mining outside the explicitly enabled scope of your own project.
• Botnet command-and-control infrastructure.
• Tools intended for unauthorized access to systems or accounts.

4. Spam and Mass Unsolicited Communication

• Sending unsolicited bulk email, SMS, or messages from sites hosted on our infrastructure.
• Scraping personal contact data without consent.
• Generating fake reviews, social-media engagement, or astroturfing campaigns.

5. Harassment, Hate, and Targeted Abuse

• Content directing hatred or violence against people based on protected characteristics.
• Doxing or publishing private information without consent.
• Targeted harassment campaigns or sustained intimidation of individuals.

6. Intellectual Property and Privacy

• Infringing copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets.
• Republishing private personal data without lawful basis.
• Bypassing content paywalls or platform restrictions on other services.

7. Adult and Sexual Content

Pornographic and sexually explicit content is not permitted at this stage of the platform. We may later add a dedicated adult-content track with age-verification — until then, such content is prohibited.

8. Election and Civic Manipulation

• Coordinated inauthentic behaviour intended to mislead voters.
• Deepfakes presenting public figures in fabricated statements without clear context.

9. Platform Abuse

• Reverse-engineering, scraping, or otherwise probing the Service in ways not exposed by our documented API.
• Stress-testing, DoS or DDoS attempts against the Service or against any third party from our infrastructure.
• Sharing account credentials with unauthorised parties or operating multiple accounts to evade rate limits.
• Using the Service to develop a competing AI website-builder.

10. Sanctions and Export Controls

You may not use the Service if you, your organization, or your end users are subject to applicable sanctions or export-control restrictions (including United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and United Nations regimes).

11. Reporting

If you believe a project on OctopusLab violates this AUP, please email abuse@octopus-lab.app with the URL and a short description. We review reports within 72 hours.

12. Enforcement

We may, at our discretion and without prior notice:

• Remove violating content.
• Suspend or terminate the account responsible.
• Disable custom domains.
• Cooperate with law-enforcement authorities under valid process.

Termination for AUP violation does not entitle the violator to any refund of fees already paid.