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The prohibition explicitly extends to agendas—not just commercial products or services—meaning political, advocacy, and ideological uses are also barred.
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If you act on behalf of any listed entity type, you are prohibited from using or exploiting Minecraft to promote anything that is not related to Minecraft itself.
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We don't allow Content that includes negative comments about identifiable individuals outside of this group.
Promotions containing obscene or profane language.
User Content may not: be unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent
"commercial companies, corporate brands, advertising agencies, non-profits, politicians, political action committees, governments to use or exploit Minecraft for promoting products, services, or agendas unrelated to MinecraftExcerpt from Minecraft's Usage Guidelines
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The prohibition explicitly extends to agendas—not just commercial products or services—meaning political, advocacy, and ideological uses are also barred.
If you act on behalf of any listed entity type, you are prohibited from using or exploiting Minecraft to promote anything that is not related to Minecraft itself.
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