Prohibited Use Policy

Aevum Encyclopedia is a globally accessible, AI-enhanced knowledge platform dedicated to accuracy, transparency, and intellectual integrity. This Prohibited Use Policy outlines activities that violate our platform terms, compromise content quality, or undermine the trust of our global community.

1. Prohibited Activities

The following uses of Aevum Encyclopedia are strictly forbidden:

• Using the platform to distribute malware, phishing content, or exploit vulnerabilities in our infrastructure.
• Hosting, promoting, or facilitating illegal activities, including but not limited to fraud, theft, harassment, or violence.
• Misusing Aevum's content to generate revenue through deceptive practices, such as fake citation services or academic dishonesty platforms.
• Attempting to bypass geographic restrictions, authentication mechanisms, or access controls without explicit authorization.
• Impersonating Aevum staff, verified contributors, or third-party entities to deceive users or manipulate content.

2. AI & Content Generation Restrictions

As an AI-enhanced encyclopedia, we maintain strict boundaries around artificial intelligence usage:

3. Data & Access Restrictions

Unauthorized data extraction and system abuse compromise platform stability and contributor rights:

• Web scraping, crawling, or bulk data extraction exceeding API rate limits or violating our robots.txt directives.
• Reverse-engineering, decompiling, or extracting proprietary algorithms, AI models, or backend infrastructure.
• Selling, licensing, or redistributing Aevum datasets, knowledge graphs, or editorial metadata without written consent.
• Using automated bots to create accounts, farm reputation points, or artificially inflate article engagement metrics.

4. Community & Editorial Violations

Our community thrives on expertise and respectful collaboration. The following behaviors are prohibited:

• Intentional vandalism, including mass deletion, false citation injection, or systematic degradation of article quality.
• Harassment, discrimination, or targeted abuse of editors, reviewers, or readers in comments, discussions, or direct messages.
• Conflict-of-interest editing without proper disclosure, including undisclosed corporate, political, or ideological advocacy.
• Plagiarism or copyright infringement, including copying protected material from third-party sources without attribution or license.

5. Enforcement & Consequences

Aevum Encyclopedia employs a tiered enforcement system to maintain platform integrity:

1. Warning & Remediation: First-time or minor violations may result in a formal warning, content rollback, or mandatory editorial training.
2. Temporary Restriction: Repeated or moderate violations lead to temporary account suspension, API throttling, or edit probation.
3. Permanent Ban: Severe, malicious, or repeated violations result in permanent account termination, IP blocking, and removal of contributed content.
4. Legal Action: Where prohibited activities violate intellectual property, privacy, or criminal laws, we will cooperate with law enforcement and pursue civil remedies.

We reserve the right to modify enforcement procedures based on severity, intent, and impact on the platform ecosystem.

6. Report a Violation

If you encounter content or behavior that violates this Prohibited Use Policy, please report it immediately. Our Trust & Safety team investigates all submissions within 48 hours.