Illegal or Regulated Activities Guidelines

⚖️ Criminal Activity

Parsafy may not be used to promote, facilitate, coordinate, or participate in criminal activity. This includes but is not limited to:

• Buying, selling, exchanging, or facilitating the sale of illegal drugs, controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia.
• Buying, selling, or facilitating the sale of stolen goods or proceeds of crime.
• Facilitating, promoting, or coordinating fraud, identity theft, phishing, or financial crimes.
• Promoting, facilitating, or participating in money laundering.
• Promoting or facilitating bribery, corruption, or extortion.
• Using Parsafy to coordinate, plan, or recruit participants for criminal acts.
• Promoting or selling counterfeit goods, documents, certificates, or currency. See our Counterfeit Policy.

💊 Drugs & Controlled Substances

Parsafy prohibits using the platform to buy, sell, or facilitate the purchase or sale of illegal drugs, controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia. This applies regardless of the substance's legal status in some jurisdictions — if it is controlled in the United States or the user's jurisdiction, facilitation of its unlicensed sale is prohibited.

Prohibited

• Advertising, selling, or offering to sell illegal drugs or controlled substances — including but not limited to cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, MDMA, fentanyl, and unauthorized prescription medications.
• Providing instructions for synthesizing, manufacturing, or extracting controlled substances for the purpose of sale or distribution.
• Connecting buyers and sellers of illegal drugs, even indirectly (e.g., "DM me for a referral").
• Selling drug paraphernalia alongside promotional content for illegal drug use.

🔫 Weapons & Dangerous Items

Parsafy prohibits using the platform to facilitate the unlicensed or illegal sale, transfer, or acquisition of weapons, ammunition, and related items.

Prohibited

• Selling or facilitating the sale of firearms, ammunition, or firearm components without proper licensing and in compliance with applicable law — including the facilitation of private sales designed to circumvent background check requirements.
• Selling, promoting, or providing instructions for illegal weapon modifications — including converting semi-automatic weapons to automatic fire, removing or altering serial numbers, or manufacturing untraceable "ghost guns."
• Selling or facilitating the sale of prohibited weapons including switchblades, brass knuckles, sawed-off shotguns, silencers, or other items restricted under applicable law.
• Providing instructions for manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs), pipe bombs, or other explosive devices.
• Promoting or facilitating the straw purchase of firearms (purchasing on behalf of someone prohibited from buying).

🚨 Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation

Human trafficking and all forms of commercial sexual exploitation are absolutely prohibited on Parsafy and carry our zero-tolerance policy — see the Zero Tolerance section above. A single confirmed violation results in immediate permanent account termination and law enforcement referral.

Prohibited conduct includes:

• Recruiting, luring, or deceiving individuals for the purpose of labor trafficking or sex trafficking.
• Advertising or facilitating commercial sexual services involving trafficked individuals.
• Providing operational assistance to trafficking operations — including transportation, housing, document handling, or financial facilitation.
• Sharing content that normalizes, glorifies, or promotes human trafficking as a business or lifestyle.
• Posting content that constitutes an advertisement for trafficked labor or sexual services.

💻 Cybercrime & Unauthorized Access

Parsafy prohibits using the platform to facilitate, promote, or coordinate cybercrime. This includes:

• Selling, distributing, or providing instructions for creating malware, ransomware, spyware, or other malicious software.
• Promoting, selling, or facilitating unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or accounts — including hacking services ("hacking-as-a-service").
• Selling or distributing stolen credentials, account data, credit card information, or other sensitive personal data obtained through unauthorized means.
• Promoting or facilitating DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks against websites, services, or infrastructure.
• Selling or providing tools for phishing, credential harvesting, or social engineering attacks.
• Promoting or facilitating SIM swapping, account takeover, or related fraud.

🐘 Wildlife Crime & Environmental Violations

Parsafy prohibits content that facilitates the illegal wildlife trade or the sale of products derived from protected or endangered species. This includes:

• Selling or facilitating the sale of products derived from endangered or protected species — including elephant ivory, rhino horn, tiger products, shark fin, bear bile, and similar items.
• Promoting, facilitating, or glorifying illegal poaching or wildlife trafficking operations.
• Selling live protected animals without proper licensing.
• Promoting products falsely marketed as containing protected species ingredients (e.g., traditional medicines containing tiger, rhinoceros, or shark derivatives).

Journalism, documentary content, wildlife conservation advocacy, and academic content about wildlife crime and environmental issues are fully permitted.

⚠️ Regulated Activities — Pre-Approval Required

Certain activities are legal in some jurisdictions but require special licensing, regulatory compliance, or prior approval from Parsafy before they may be promoted on the platform. Unauthorized promotion of regulated goods or industries is prohibited even where the underlying activity is legal.

✅ What Is Permitted — Discussion vs. Facilitation

Parsafy's free-speech commitment means that discussing, reporting on, advocating about, and creating content related to illegal activities is generally permitted. The key distinction is between discussing illegal activity and facilitating it.

• Journalism & documentary: Reporting on crime, drug markets, trafficking, cybercrime, weapons, and related topics — including content that includes detailed information about how these activities work — is protected.
• Advocacy & policy debate: Arguing for the legalization, decriminalization, or regulation of any currently illegal activity is protected political expression.
• Harm reduction: Providing safety information to people engaged in risky legal or illegal activities to reduce the risk of death, injury, or disease.
• Survivor testimony: Personal accounts of involvement in illegal activities — as victim, participant, or bystander — shared for advocacy, healing, or awareness.
• Academic & research content: Scholarly content about crime, illegal markets, and related topics.
• Satire & creative fiction: Fictional portrayals of criminal activity in creative works — films, books, games, scripts, and other creative formats.
• Historical documentation: Content documenting historical illegal activities, including state crimes, atrocities, and political violence.

👮 Law Enforcement Cooperation

Parsafy cooperates fully with valid legal process from law enforcement agencies concerning activities on our platform that may provide evidence of crime. This cooperation includes responding to lawful subpoenas, court orders, and emergency disclosure requests.

For activities that pose an imminent threat to human life — including credible threats of violence, trafficking situations, or other emergencies — Parsafy may proactively contact law enforcement without waiting for a formal legal request.

Parsafy also maintains active partnerships with nonprofit organizations, safety NGOs, and law enforcement bodies to provide users with educational resources and to advance public safety within our community.

⚙️ Enforcement

Parsafy enforces these guidelines through automated detection, community reporting, and human review. Our Trust & Safety teams can act quickly on reports of illegal activity.

Enforcement Actions

• Content removal: Content facilitating illegal activity is removed promptly upon discovery.
• Warning: In many cases, users who share violating content receive a warning notice on first violation.
• Account restriction: Users who repeatedly violate these policies have their account access restricted.
• Permanent termination: Zero-tolerance violations — including drug dealing, human trafficking, CSAM, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction — result in immediate permanent account termination on the first confirmed violation.
• Law enforcement referral: Where illegal activity is confirmed or credibly suspected, Parsafy cooperates with law enforcement without prior notice to the user.

On Parsafy's high-reach surfaces — including the Discovery Feed and Parsafy TV — we proactively moderate for content that may facilitate illegal activity. User reports are essential to this effort and greatly appreciated.