Greetings, the good people of Champaign County!
This Terms of Service applies to your access to and active use of https://champaigncounty.net it’s API’s and sub-domain services (ex alt GUIs)(we, us, our the website, or champaigncounty.net) as well as all other properties and services associated with champaigncounty.net
champaigncounty.net is intended to host and power online communities relating to Champaign County Illinois, and to be a place to discuss topics related to Champaign County. As sweet as this is, it doesn’t keep us from needing to set basic rules.
Read our Terms of Service carefully before using this website (“the website"). These Terms of Service (“the Terms of Service” or “the document”) govern your access to and use of the website. The website is available for your use only on the condition that you agree to the Terms of Service set forth above and below. If you do not agree with all of the Terms of Service, then do not access or use champaigncounty.net By accessing or using the website, you and the entity you are authorized to represent (“user” “you” or “your”) signify your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Service.
To reflect and respect developments on applicable law and on the website itself, this document will be updated periodically.
The Terms of Service provided by us, together with any additional documents and/or terms they actively adopt through referencing, collectively constitute the legal document this page serves to provide, and is entered into by and between champaigncounty.net and all its users (you).
This document contains essential knowledge regarding your rights and obligations, as well as conditions, limitations and exclusions that apply to your use of and access to champaigncounty.net
champaigncounty.net is a content-aggregation social platform operated by our volunteer team, which runs an instance of the Lemmy software. Learn more about Lemmy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)
By agreeing to this section of the document, you accept that:
You may only use champaigncounty.net if you can clearly understand and actively comply with the terms laid out on this page.
You were not permanently banished from the website in the past.
3.You are responsible for your own experience on the website. While we are looking to provide an entertaining platform, we are not responsible for your individual experience.
No one under 18 years of age or under the regulated minimum age defined by your local law (whichever is higher), is allowed to use or access the website. There may be designated sections of the website that may require you to be older to use them, so please read all notices and any additional terms carefully when you access champaigncounty.net
Only report content that violates the rules defined in the Terms of Service, or content that violates the rules of the community it was posted to.
Personal messages may be reported if they violate any of the terms defined in this document.
User profiles may be reported by contacting an admin directly.
champaigncounty.net consists of a number of communities relating to Champaign County. We aim to keep a civil environment for our users to interact with, provided posts and comments follow the rules laid out below.
Before using the website, remember you will be interacting with actual, real people and communities. champaigncounty.net is not a place for you to attack other people or groups of people. Just because you disagree with someone doesn’t give you the right to harass them. Discuss ideas and be critical of principles. Show the respect you desire to receive.
We do not tolerate serious threats or calls for violence.
Everyone has a right to browse and interact with champaigncounty.net free of harassment and/or threats of violence. Please try and be kind to your fellow human, or at least civil. Trolling users is only funny if both parties find it funny. Trolling mods and/or site admins is ill-advised.
champaigncounty.net specifically forbids any sort of discrimination against queer groups on this site. Any form of racism, regardless of the user(s) that perpetrated it, is also forbidden. As already stated in Section 1, calls for violence against the aforementioned groups can result in a site-wide ban. We also reserve the right to report the offending user(s) to their local law enforcement unit responsible for hate crimes.
Always be respectful of the privacy of others who access and use the website. Never harass or threaten to harass people by revealing personal information (doxing) or any type of media. Sharing sensitive information or media belonging to or depicting a person or entity (other than yourself) is only allowed on the condition that you have their explicit consent, or that it is publicly available information or media served in compliance with our content policy.
Information that is public domain can be shared, provided it is in good faith. For example, the email address of a government official you disagree with and wish to have a write-in email campaign. This is okay.
This DOES NOT however permit you to harass them or conduct any activities that would be considered illegal, either under the laws local to the person in mention or under the laws that govern champaigncounty.net. Whichever jurisdiction is stricter, we will follow. We will not help you break the law, simply put.
You may also not use any services we provide to “witch-hunt” individuals, even if their information is public. Everyone, even rude and unpleasant individuals, should be allowed to be “left alone”. See Right to be forgotten
You may not engage in any activities that may interfere with the normal use of, or access to, champaigncounty.net. We reserve the right to permanently revoke access to any entities and/or individuals, that cause either service disruption or threaten the security of our site and/or users. This includes evading network-level blocking, such as WAF or IP-based blocking/bans. We also reserve the right to report all infractions of cyber-security law to relevant law enforcement entities.
Publicly discussing methods of evading security measures relating to champaigncounty.net, on any property controlled by champaigncounty.net is not allowed, and can result in up to a permanent site-wide ban for all parties involved.
Users are allowed to use any provided method to interact with champaigncounty.net, as long as it is in good faith. VPN and/or Tor access is not explicitly disallowed, however, we reserve the right to restrict and/or limit types of access via anonymizing services to protect both our site and staff.
Do not post illegal content of any type. Do not engage in any activity that may encourage, facilitate or provide access to illegal transactions. Do not share or encourage the sharing of abusive or sexually suggestive content. This also includes drawn, animated, generated and other content. Any violent or otherwise inappropriate behavior will also always be strictly prohibited.
What is NOT allowed:
We reserve the right to both remove/block any offending communities and permanently ban any offending users to protect the site from any potential legal threats, as a precautionary measure.
We evaluate all copyright related takedown notices we receive. Provided they are submitted in good faith and by the copyright holder, we will take infringing content down. We may err on the side of caution in these cases due to the associated legal risks if our assessment is incorrect.
In order for champaigncounty.net to comply with any copyright related takedown requests you MUST provide ALL of the following:
Requests may be e-mailed to
Failure to provide ALL of the above REQUIRED information will result in our organization disregarding the request.
Your participation in individual communities will only be acceptable on the condition that you abide by their rules. Always post compliant content that upholds the rules of the individual community and the website, and is of personal interest to you.
Do not engage in content manipulation such as posting spam content, vote manipulation through using several user accounts or consistently down-voting a user. Vote for the content, not for the person.