Anti-Spam & Platform Manipulation Policy

Effective Date: 2026

Last Updated: 2026

This Anti-Spam & Platform Manipulation Policy explains how Playflick™ Media .ltd handles spam, fake engagement, bots, automation, scams, artificial traffic, misleading growth tactics, fake accounts, abuse of comments, abuse of uploads, and manipulation of platform systems on Playflick.com.

This policy should be read together with our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, Content Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Video Upload Policy, User Generated Content Policy, Advertising Policy, Creator Monetisation Terms, Creator Payout Policy, Payments & Billing Terms, API & Developer Terms, Security Policy & Responsible Disclosure, and Moderation Policy.

1. Who We Are

Operator: Playflick™ Media .ltd

Website: https://playflick.com

Business Address:
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us

2. Purpose of This Policy

Playflick aims to protect users, creators, advertisers, payment systems, search results, recommendations, analytics, monetisation, and platform integrity from spam and manipulation.

This policy exists to help prevent:

Fake views
Fake likes or dislikes
Fake subscribers or followers
Fake comments
Bot traffic
Artificial watch time
Search manipulation
Recommendation manipulation
Fake monetisation activity
Invalid advertising traffic
Scams, phishing, spam, and malware
Mass account creation
Upload abuse
API abuse

3. Spam Is Not Allowed

You must not use Playflick to post, upload, send, publish, promote, or distribute spam.

Spam may include:

Repeated comments with the same or similar text
Repeated uploads with little or no meaningful difference
Mass posting of links
Keyword stuffing
Misleading titles, tags, descriptions, or thumbnails
Low-quality content uploaded mainly to manipulate search or recommendations
Content designed mainly to redirect users away from Playflick
Fake giveaways
Fake promotions
Unwanted commercial messages
Mass tagging or mass mentioning where available
Automated comments or automated uploads without permission

4. Fake Engagement Is Not Allowed

You must not artificially inflate or manipulate engagement on Playflick.

Prohibited fake engagement includes:

Buying fake views
Buying fake likes
Buying fake comments
Buying fake subscribers
Buying fake followers
Using bots to watch videos
Using bots to like, dislike, comment, subscribe, or share
Using click farms
Using view farms
Using automated playback loops
Using fake accounts to boost content
Coordinating artificial engagement groups
Manipulating watch time or ad impressions

Playflick may remove fake engagement and may adjust analytics, revenue, rankings, recommendations, and creator balances connected to invalid activity.

5. Bots and Automation

You must not use bots, scripts, crawlers, scrapers, automation tools, browser extensions, macros, or automated systems to misuse Playflick.

Prohibited automation includes:

Automated account creation
Automated video uploading without permission
Automated commenting
Automated liking, disliking, subscribing, following, sharing, or reporting
Automated video playback to inflate views or watch time
Automated ad clicks or ad views
Scraping user data, videos, comments, or analytics without permission
Bypassing rate limits
Bypassing security checks
Testing stolen credentials
Automated abuse of APIs, uploads, search, comments, payments, or ads

Playflick may allow limited automation only where expressly authorised, such as approved API use that follows our API & Developer Terms.

6. Mass Account Creation and Ban Evasion

You must not create or use multiple accounts to spam, manipulate, evade enforcement, avoid limits, claim promotions, abuse trials, or hide policy violations.

Prohibited account abuse includes:

Creating fake accounts
Creating accounts with false identity information
Creating accounts to evade suspension or termination
Creating accounts to bypass upload, comment, payment, or advertising limits
Creating accounts to manipulate views, likes, comments, subscribers, or ratings
Creating accounts to repeatedly claim free trials, credits, bonuses, or promotions
Using account farms
Selling, renting, or trading accounts without permission

Playflick may block, restrict, suspend, or terminate related accounts where we believe they are connected to abuse.

7. Misleading Metadata and Clickbait Abuse

Titles, descriptions, thumbnails, tags, categories, captions, and other metadata must accurately describe the content.

You must not use metadata to:

Mislead users about the content
Impersonate another creator, brand, or organisation
Hide prohibited material
Stuff unrelated keywords
Exploit trending topics deceptively
Falsely claim breaking news, official status, celebrity involvement, or exclusive access
Trick users into clicking external links
Promote scams, malware, fake giveaways, or phishing
Manipulate search, recommendations, or rankings

8. Link Spam and External Redirect Abuse

You must not use Playflick mainly to drive users to unsafe, deceptive, irrelevant, or abusive external websites.

Prohibited link activity includes:

Posting phishing links
Posting malware links
Posting scam links
Posting fake login pages
Posting fake support pages
Posting suspicious shortened links
Posting misleading affiliate links
Posting links that hide the true destination
Mass posting links in comments, descriptions, profiles, or livestream chats
Redirecting users to illegal, harmful, or infringing content

Playflick may block, remove, restrict, or disable links that appear unsafe, misleading, abusive, or prohibited.

9. Comment Spam and Community Abuse

Comments and replies must not be used for spam, scams, harassment, fake engagement, or platform manipulation.

Prohibited comment activity includes:

Repeating the same comment across many videos
Posting unrelated promotional comments
Posting fake prize, giveaway, or investment comments
Posting phishing or malware links
Posting comments that impersonate creators or Playflick staff
Coordinated comment manipulation
Using comments to inflate engagement artificially
Using bots or scripts to comment

10. Upload Spam and Duplicate Content

Upload tools must not be used to flood Playflick with duplicate, repetitive, misleading, low-quality, or automated content.

Playflick may restrict or remove:

Duplicate videos
Mass repeated uploads
Re-uploaded content used to evade removals
Content with only small changes designed to avoid detection
Content generated mainly for search manipulation
Automated low-quality uploads
Misleading compilations
Uploads designed mainly to promote external links or scams

11. Search and Recommendation Manipulation

You must not attempt to manipulate Playflick search results, trending pages, recommendations, rankings, categories, hashtags, tags, or discovery systems.

Prohibited manipulation includes:

Keyword stuffing
Fake engagement
Coordinated artificial promotion
Misleading metadata
Spam uploads
Bot traffic
Repeated re-uploads
Using unrelated celebrity, brand, or trending terms deceptively
Manipulating playlists or categories to misrepresent content

12. Advertising Manipulation

Advertisers, creators, and users must not manipulate advertising systems.

Prohibited advertising manipulation includes:

Fake ad clicks
Fake ad views
Invalid traffic
Bot-generated impressions
Click farms
Self-clicking ads
Misleading landing pages
Cloaking ad destinations
Using ads to promote scams, phishing, malware, or illegal content
Manipulating campaign metrics

Playflick may reject ads, pause campaigns, remove ad credits, reverse charges, withhold earnings, or restrict advertiser accounts where advertising abuse occurs.

13. Monetisation Manipulation

Creators must not manipulate monetisation, creator earnings, paid content, subscriptions, tips, donations, advertising revenue, or payouts.

Prohibited monetisation manipulation includes:

Fake views or watch time used to earn money
Fake paid subscriptions
Fake purchases
Refund abuse
Chargeback abuse
Using stolen payment methods
Misleading paid content
Selling content without rights
Artificially inflating ad revenue
Using coordinated groups to manipulate earnings

Earnings connected to manipulation may be withheld, reversed, removed, or excluded from payout.

14. API and Developer Abuse

Developers and API users must not misuse Playflick APIs, integrations, tokens, webhooks, or developer tools.

Prohibited API abuse includes:

Exceeding rate limits
Scraping or harvesting data without permission
Creating fake accounts
Automating engagement
Uploading spam
Bypassing user consent
Collecting personal data unlawfully
Sharing API keys or tokens insecurely
Using APIs for phishing, spam, malware, or fraud
Attempting to reverse engineer or bypass security controls

API access may be restricted, suspended, or revoked for abuse.

15. Scams, Fraud, and Deceptive Schemes

Playflick does not allow scams, fraud, phishing, fake giveaways, fake investments, fake jobs, fake charities, fake support, fake verification offers, or deceptive schemes.

Prohibited schemes include:

Fake prize or giveaway scams
Fake cryptocurrency or investment schemes
Fake creator sponsorship offers
Fake account recovery or verification services
Fake Playflick support accounts
Credential theft
Payment fraud
Chargeback fraud
Malware or phishing campaigns
Misleading affiliate or referral schemes

16. Detection and Enforcement

Playflick may use manual review, automated systems, user reports, security signals, payment-provider signals, advertising signals, analytics checks, rate limits, fraud checks, and technical controls to detect spam and manipulation.

Enforcement may include:

Removing content
Removing comments
Removing fake engagement
Adjusting analytics
Reducing visibility
Restricting uploads
Restricting comments
Restricting livestreaming
Restricting API access
Rejecting or pausing ads
Removing wallet credits or ad credits
Withholding or reversing creator earnings
Suspending or terminating accounts
Blocking related accounts
Reporting serious abuse where appropriate

17. False Positives and Appeals

Spam and manipulation detection systems may sometimes make mistakes.

If your content, account, ads, monetisation, analytics, API access, or payments were restricted and you believe Playflick made a mistake, you may request a review under our Appeals Policy.

Contact:

Email: hello@playflick.com

Please include:

Your account email
Your username or channel name
The affected content, ad, API app, or account URL
The decision you are appealing
Why you believe the decision was incorrect
Any supporting evidence or context

18. Reporting Spam or Manipulation

If you see spam, scams, fake engagement, suspicious links, fake accounts, bot activity, misleading ads, or platform manipulation, report it to Playflick.

Contact:

Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us

Please include:

The relevant Playflick URL
The username, channel name, comment, video, ad, or account involved
A short explanation of the issue
Any screenshots, timestamps, or supporting evidence

19. Record Keeping

Playflick may keep records of spam reports, fake engagement signals, fraud reviews, enforcement decisions, advertising reviews, monetisation adjustments, payment holds, API restrictions, and related communications.

Records may be retained for security, fraud prevention, moderation, payment disputes, legal compliance, appeals, platform integrity, and repeat abuse tracking.

More information is available in our Privacy Policy and Data Retention Policy.

20. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Anti-Spam & Platform Manipulation Policy from time to time.

Changes may reflect new spam risks, fraud tactics, creator tools, advertising systems, monetisation features, APIs, security controls, legal requirements, or platform updates.

Your continued use of Playflick after changes become effective means you agree to the updated policy.

21. Contact Us

For spam reports, platform manipulation concerns, fake engagement issues, scam reports, ad fraud concerns, appeals, or policy questions, contact:

Playflick™ Media .ltd
41 Norman Avenue
London
N22 5ES
United Kingdom

Email: hello@playflick.com
Contact Page: https://playflick.com/contact-us
Website: https://playflick.com

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