Acceptable Use Policy

Content that does any of the following violates the American Cloud Acceptable Use Policy:

• Promotes violence: The First Amendment creates a wide swath for free speech. But speech that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action is not protected by the First Amendment.

• Infringes intellectual property rights: Intellectual property rights are fundamental rights hardwired into the constitution and recognized as critical instruments for the promotion of science and creativity. Content that infringes or misappropriates intellectual property rights runs afoul of the American Cloud Acceptable Use Policy.

• Defames another: Statements about an individual that are false and that harm the reputation of that individual are not constitutionally protected. Defamatory content violates the American Cloud Acceptable Use Policy.

• Facilitates human trafficking or illegal sex work: Content that helps the trafficking of human beings as commodities, or that serves to enable other sorts of exploitative activities are contrary to the principles of individual liberty that guide American Cloud.

• Enables the sale of illegal goods: American Cloud systems should not be used as a marketplace for the buying and selling of goods that would otherwise be illegal in the jurisdictions where the parties to the transaction reside.

• Inflicts psychological harm or invades privacy: Certain content has the ability to wrongfully inflict devastating harm on others, and is not welcome on any American Cloud system. This includes revenge porn and other content that is intended primarily to injure another.

• Distributes harmful software: Federal laws such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act serve to protect the private property interests of individuals and companies who engage in commerce and communications online. Using a American Cloud system to distribute technology that is destructive of these interests violates the American Cloud Acceptable Use Policy.

• Doxes another person: Americans enjoy a First Amendment right to speak anonymously, particularly on matters of political or other societal concern. American Cloud will not aid any efforts to impede the exercise of this important right by permitting use of intimidating tactics to publicly identify individuals who wish to speak anonymously.

• Involves phishing, spamming or other unwanted or fraudulent communications: These types of actions and communications are not protected by any free speech interest and only serve to detract from meaningful participation in the marketplace of ideas.

American Cloud welcomes discussion about these Policies. Please feel free to send us an email at legal@americancloud.io

Last updated: Oct 17, 2022.