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This provision defines prohibited conduct on the platform and operates as an enforceability mechanism for Shopify to take action against content or behavior that violates these standards. The clause establishes the basis for account restrictions or termination when users engage in the specified activities.
Users are required to refrain from promoting, facilitating, or engaging in hate speech, harassment, or discrimination based on protected characteristics when using Shopify services. Violation of this requirement exposes user accounts to enforcement actions under the acceptable use policy.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"The following activities are prohibited: Promoting, facilitating, or engaging in hate speech, harassment, or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
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This provision defines prohibited conduct on the platform and operates as an enforceability mechanism for Shopify to take action against content or behavior that violates these standards. The clause establishes the basis for account restrictions or termination when users engage in the specified activities.
Users are required to refrain from promoting, facilitating, or engaging in hate speech, harassment, or discrimination based on protected characteristics when using Shopify services. Violation of this requirement exposes user accounts to enforcement actions under the acceptable use policy.
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