Virtual Nation uses the Matrix Protocol as our backend to facilitate bringing communities together and engaging in meaningful connection be it via text, voice, or video. These guidelines ensure everyone can be who they wish to be, and not at the expense of others.
These guidelines also include a basic terms of service. Moderation of Virtual Nation has the right to redact, suspend, and ban any account which may be in violation of these guidelines or terms. Everyone who engages in Spaces or Rooms hosted within the Virtual Nation homeserver must follow these guidelines and terms or else their rooms or spaces may be removed.
If you come across any account, space, or content that breaks these Guidelines, please report to @wolf_seisenbacher:vnation.club
Respect Each Other
Do not promote, coordinate, or engage in harrassment. We do not allow any harrassment, including sexual harassment, ban, or block evasion, coordinating space joins for harassing members, etc.
Do not threaten to harm another individual or group. This includes direct, indirect, and suggestive threats to any and all persons or group.
Do not share or threaten to share personally identifiable information of an individual without consent. This includes providing services that facilitate doxxing. I.D. share for the purposes of age verification to 18+ areas of the homeserver is O.K. as long as the I.D.s are redacted and only retained for enough time to ensure the age of the person. Under no circumstances shall the information ever be shared outside of a secure encrypted room and shall not be retained longer than necessary.
Do not use hate speech, or engage in other hateful conduct. This includes the use of hate imagery, and claims that deny history of mass human atrocities. Hate speech is considered as any form of expression that attacks or promotes violence against others based on their protected characteristics.
Do not organize, promote, or support violent extremism. This includes coordinating violent acts, glorifying or promoting violence or the perpetrators of violent acts, and promoting comspiracy theories which could encourage or incite violence against others.
Do not create, post, solicit, or make attempts to distribute content on Virtual Nation that depicts, promotes, or attempts to normalize child sexual abuse. This includes manipulated, non-manipulated, or synthetic (artificial intelligence-generated) media involving real, fictional, and/or anthropomorphized children. This also includes animation, drawing, text, and technical commands or prompts to create media depicting child sexual abuse or child sexualization.
If you are under 18, you may not engage in sexual conduct or any other conduct that puts your online or physical safety at risk. This includes consentual sexual interactions between you and other teens of a similar age, as well as encouragement or coordination of behavior that may be harmful to you or others, such as vigilantism.
Do not engage in any sexual conduct with anyone under the age of 18. This includes soliciting, sharing, or exchanging sexual content.
Do not make sexually explicit content available on the room directory. Any communities which requires 18+ may publish their space to the room directory only with the appropriate 18+ tag. Any 18+ content within the space shall be behind invite-only sub-spaces with encryption enabled. You must make a concerted effort at validating the age of the persons wishing to be within the NSFW 18+ section of your community. This includes, but is not limited to, redacted ID checks, voice/video calls, and a vouch system. Communities breaking this rule will be removed from the homeserver.
Do not share, distribute, or create sexually explicit content or sexually suggestive content of other people over the age of 18 without the subjects consent. This includes the non-consentual distribution of intimate media that was created with or without an individual’s consent.
Do not share content that glorifies, promotes, or normalizes suicide or other acts of physical self-harm. This includes content that encourages others to cut, burn, or starve themselves, as well as content that normalizes eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulemia. Self-harm acts or threats used as a form of emotional manipulation or coercion are also prohibited.
Do not upload or share any material depicting violence, gore, or animal cruelty, especially with the intent to harass or shock others.
Follow the Law
Do not share content that violates anyone’s intellectual property or other rights.
Do not organize, promote, or engage in the selling or facilitation of sales of regulated or potentially dangerous goods. Regulated goods have laws in place that restrict the purchase, sale, trade, or ownership of the goods.
Do not coordinate or participate in illegal gambling. Users are responsible for complying with all applicable gambling laws and regulations.
Do not organize, promote, or engage in any illegal activity that harms the dignity, safety, or wellbeing of another person. This includes but is not limited to human trafficking and sexual solicitation.
Terms of Service
Age requirements
By using Virtual Nation, you confirm that you’re at least 16 years of age, and meet the minimum age required by the laws in your country. Our services are not designed nor directed towards users under the age of 16. We may take steps to ensure your age, including but not limited to voice/video calling, and redacted ID verification. By creating an account on Virtual Nation, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and represent that you have either reached the age of "majority" where you live or your parent or legal guardian agrees to be bound by these terms on your behalf. If you do not know whether you have reached the age of majority where you live, or do not understand this section, please ask your parent or legal guardian for help and ask them to read these terms with you.
What you can expect from us
Virtual Nation provides a homeserver for you to connect to the Matrix protocol at large. Users can communicate primarily via “Spaces” which are organized groups of rooms. Text channels allow you to send messages via text, voice, as well as images, GIFs, emoji, stickers, and other uploadable media. Voice channels allow users to communicate by voice and/or streaming video. Users can also communicate one-to-one using direct messages, or communicate to multiple users via group messages. Users may also opt to encrypt their rooms or messages to ensure the messaging is secure.
Users can create Spaces and choose which Spaces to join. All users must follow our Code of Conduct (Above) and other policies. Space owners have control of their spaces and may have additional rules of which users may follow. Space and Room owners or Admins also control whether their rooms or spaces are available in the Room Directory for discovery, whether to publish invite links on public websites, or add bots or other apps to the rooms.
Your Virtual Nation Account
To access Virtual Nation you need to create an account. You provide a username, password, and email. You are responsible for the security of your account, and are fully responsible for the encryption keys on the account.
In the event your account has been compromised, you must either reset your password and encryption, or notify an admin of Virtual Nation to lock down your account. It is strongly recommended to maintain a password manager for both your cryptographic backup key, and also your user passwords.
You must always provide accurate information to Virtual Nation and maintain the accuracy of the information associated with your acount.
If you become locked out of your account, you must send an email message to virtualnation@googlegroups.com to contact an admin to help you regain access to your account. You may need to provide proof of ownership of the account before actions are taken to restoring access. If no proof is possible, it may be impossible to restore your account.
Services “As Is”
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VIRTUAL NATION MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WE ALSO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE LAWS OF CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS OR STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES. TO THE EXTEND SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR JURISDICTION, WE LIMIT THE DURATION AND REMEDIES OF SUCH WARRANTIES TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THOSE LAWS.
Limitation of Liability
WE DON’T EXCLUDE OR LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO WHERE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO SO. IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE BELOW TYPES OF EXCLUSIONS AREN’T ALLOWED, WE’RE RESPONSIBLE TO YOU ONLY FOR THE LOSSES AND DAMAGES THAT ARE A REASONABLY FORESEEABLE RESULT OF OUR FAILURE TO USE REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL OR OUR MATERIAL BREACH OF OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU. THIS PARAGRAPH DOESN’T AFFECT CONSUMER RIGHTS THAT CAN’T BE WAIVED OR LIMITED BY ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES IS MADE AVAILABLE SOLELY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. WE DO NOT CONFIRM THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE INFORMATION. ANY RELIANCE YOU PLACE ON SUCH INFORMATION IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK
IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ARE ALLOWED, NEITHER VIRTUAL NATION, IT’S AFFILIATES, NOR OUR SUPPLIERS INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE LIABLE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST SAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO THOSE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT VIRTUAL NATION OR IT’S SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF IT’S ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
BESIDES THE TYPES OF LIABILITY WE CANNOT CLAIM BY LAW (AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION), VIRTUAL NATION LIMITS OUR LIABILITY TO YOU TO $100 USD (OR THE EQUIVALENT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY).
VIRTUAL NATION ISN’T LIABLE FOR THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE, OF ANY USER OF OUR SERVICES.
THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN VIRTUAL NATION AND YOU. THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY DESCRIBED ABOVE SHALL APPLY FULLY TO RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY.