Acceptable Use

This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") defines what content and behaviors are permitted on PeakClips. It applies to all users and to all content processed or published through our platform.

1. The Twitch Standard

PeakClips is built for Twitch streamers. The primary content standard we apply is Twitch's own. If your clip exists on Twitch without being removed or actioned by Twitch moderation, it meets our baseline content requirement.

This means content that is inherent to the streaming medium is permitted, including:

• Gameplay footage from violent, mature, or M-rated video games.
• Competitive trash talk, heated reactions, and profanity in a gameplay or entertainment context.
• Horror, gore, and dark-themed games available on Twitch.
• Edgy, crude, or provocative content that falls within Twitch's community guidelines.

We are not in the business of moderating the gaming genre. If Twitch allowed it, we will process it.

2. What We Do Not Allow

The following content is prohibited regardless of its status on Twitch, because it creates legal or platform risk for PeakClips or its users when published to other channels:

• Targeted harassment of a specific real individual: content whose primary purpose is to humiliate, threaten, or incite harm against a named or identifiable real person.
• Genuine hate speech: content attacking people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Competitive banter and in-game taunting are distinct from this.
• Sexually explicit content, including sexual content involving minors under any circumstances.
• Real-world violence: footage of actual physical assaults, accidents, or harm to real people outside of a game context.
• Doxxing: publishing private personal information of a real individual without consent.
• Content that promotes or facilitates illegal activity.
• Spam or artificial engagement manipulation (view botting, engagement farming, etc.).

3. The Real-World Harm Test

The dividing line is real-world harm versus fictional or game context. A clip of a streamer rage-quitting a shooter, calling out an opponent, or reacting explosively to a loss is gaming content. A clip of a streamer directing sustained abuse at a specific real person off-screen is not. When in doubt, we apply this test: does publishing this clip put a real, identifiable person at risk of harm?

4. Destination Platform Compliance

Different publishing destinations have different content standards. YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok are generally more conservative than Twitch. PeakClips will flag or withhold content from specific destinations where our systems determine it is likely to violate that platform's policies, even if the content is permitted on Twitch. You may still approve or skip individual clips through the approval interface.

We reserve the right to disable publishing to a specific platform for your account if repeated violations put our API access at risk.

5. Platform Integrity

You may not:

• Use automation scripts or bots to interact with PeakClips outside of documented API integrations.
• Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of PeakClips systems.
• Interfere with service delivery for other users.
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation in ways that could deceive other users or third parties.

6. Enforcement

Violations of this AUP may result in:

• Warning and content removal.
• Temporary suspension of publishing capabilities.
• Permanent account termination without refund.
• Referral to law enforcement where applicable.

We are the final arbiter of AUP violations. Appeals may be submitted to hello@peakclips.tv.

7. Reporting

To report an AUP violation, contact us at hello@peakclips.tv.