Acceptable Use Policy — EditorInChief

Effective date: 14 March 2026
Operator: Zero Ops Oy (Zero Ops Ltd) · Business ID 3606514-8 · Finland
Contact: legal@editorinchief.io

Overview and Scope

This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) governs what Operators may and may not generate, approve, and publish through EditorInChief. This AUP is incorporated by reference into the Terms of Service.

EditorInChief is an editorial automation tool. Operators assume publisher liability for all Content they approve through the Service. This AUP defines the publishing conduct Zero Ops Oy will and will not support, and gives Operators the clear notice required before account suspension or termination for systematic violations.

Absolute Prohibitions

The following content may not be generated, approved, or published through the Service under any circumstances. These prohibitions are not subject to editorial framing exceptions.

1. Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)

Any content that sexualises, exploits, or depicts harm to minors. Zero tolerance. Accounts will be terminated immediately and the matter referred to NCMEC’s CyberTipline and the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (Poliisi).

2. Targeted Harassment

Content whose primary purpose is to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence against a specific, identifiable individual or group. This includes coordinated harassment campaigns conducted across multiple publication channels.

3. Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour

Content designed to impersonate real, living individuals without their consent and presented as if genuinely authored by them.
Fabricated direct quotes attributed to real individuals presented as genuine statements (as distinct from clearly framed satire — see below).
Coordinated influence operations that misrepresent the origin, authorship, or sponsorship of content.

4. Deliberate Disinformation

Content containing deliberately false statements of material fact whose purpose is to deceive the public or cause concrete harm. This does not prohibit satire, commentary, opinion, or analysis — it prohibits content crafted to be taken as factual reporting while being knowingly false.

5. Financial Market Manipulation

Content designed to: (a) artificially inflate or deflate the price of a security, commodity, or digital asset; (b) make false statements of material fact about a public company, fund, or issuer; or (c) facilitate trading based on material non-public information disseminated through a publication pipeline. This prohibition applies regardless of whether financial content features are enabled on a Site.

6. Sanctions and Export Control Violations

Content that would constitute a violation of applicable export controls, trade sanctions, or embargo regulations in Finland, the European Union, or the United States.

Use of Real Individuals in Content

Satire and Public Figures

Satire is a legitimate editorial form protected under Finnish law (right to artistic expression), US First Amendment jurisprudence, and analogous protections in most jurisdictions. Use of public figures in satire is permitted subject to the following:

Satirical content must be framed so that a reasonable reader would understand it as satire, not factual reporting.
Fabricated direct quotes attributed to a real person require unambiguous satirical framing — headline, context, and publication must make unmistakably clear the quote is invented.
Private individuals (not public figures) must not be named in satirical content.

The Service provides automated named-individual detection and an auto-anonymisation step. These are editorial assistance tools, not legal compliance guarantees. The editorial decision at the Telegram approval step is yours.

Defamation

Content making false statements of fact about identifiable real individuals that would be actionable as defamation under applicable law must not be published. Heightened care is required for: statements about private individuals; statements implying criminal conduct; and content targeted at audiences in jurisdictions with strict publication liability (including UK defamation law).

Financial Content

For Sites with financial content features enabled:

All long-form Content must include the mandatory financial disclaimer configured at Site setup. The Service guarantees injection of this disclaimer at the article_targets level; verify that your configured disclaimer text is legally adequate for your jurisdiction.
The Service generates general market commentary, analysis, and editorial content — not personalised investment advice. If your publication’s content materially blurs that line, seek independent legal advice before continuing operations.
You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable financial services regulations (US Investment Advisers Act of 1940, MiFID II, FCA rules, or local equivalents) in all jurisdictions where your publication is accessible.

AI Authorship Disclosure

All Content published through the Service carries a mandatory AI authorship disclosure. You must not:

Configure the Service to suppress, remove, or render meaningless the AI authorship disclosure.
Instruct Persona voice prompts to deny AI authorship in published output.
Represent AI-Generated Content as human-authored on your publication or in any promotional context.

This is a condition of Service use and a legal obligation under EU AI Act Article 50 and applicable FTC guidance.

Service Infrastructure

You must not use the Service to:

Conduct denial-of-service attacks or attempts to overload Zero Ops Oy infrastructure.
Probe or test the vulnerability of any Zero Ops Oy system without prior written authorisation.
Use the MCP server or API to bypass plan limits, rate limits, or approval flows in ways not permitted under your plan.
Harvest content from third-party sites in violation of those sites’ terms of service or applicable law.

Enforcement

Zero Ops Oy reviews accounts for AUP violations and may take the following actions:

Violation type	Action
First-time, non-systematic breach	Warning via email; content removal request
Systematic or repeated breach	Temporary account suspension pending operator response
Material breach (CSAM, financial manipulation, coordinated inauthentic behaviour)	Immediate permanent termination; report to law enforcement where required

We do not provide prior notice before terminating accounts for material breaches. For non-material breaches, we will typically issue a warning and allow a reasonable cure period.

Account suspension or termination does not affect your obligation to pay outstanding Subscription fees for the current billing period.

Appeals may be submitted to legal@editorinchief.io within 30 days of a suspension or termination decision. We will review appeals within 14 business days.

Questions? Contact legal@editorinchief.io · Zero Ops Oy (Zero Ops Ltd) · Business ID 3606514-8 · Finland