Terms of Service

By creating a Babble-on account, by accepting these Terms during onboarding, or by using the Babble-on service in any way, you agree to be bound by these Terms, our Community Standards, our Privacy Policy, and our Copyright Policy.

These Terms, together with the Community Standards, Privacy Policy, and Copyright Policy, form the complete agreement between you and us regarding the Babble-on service. We refer to them together as the "Agreement."

If you do not agree to any part of the Agreement, do not create an account or use the service.

2.1 Age requirement

You must be at least 18 years old to use Babble-on. Babble-on is not intended for, designed for, or directed at anyone under 18. If you are under 18, you must not create an account or attempt to use the service.

When you create an account, you affirmatively confirm that you are at least 18 years old. We do not verify your age beyond this confirmation, but we treat misrepresentation of age as a material breach of these Terms. If we have actual knowledge that an account belongs to a person under 18, we will terminate the account in accordance with our Community Standards.

2.2 Invitation requirement

Babble-on is invite-only at this stage. You may only create an account if you have received a valid invitation from us or from an existing Babble-on member who has the right to invite. Attempting to create an account without a valid invitation is a violation of these Terms.

2.3 One person, one account

Each account belongs to one human being. You may not create multiple accounts, allow another person to use your account, share your account credentials, or use someone else’s account. If we suspend or terminate your account, you may not create a new account to evade that action; doing so is its own violation of these Terms and our Community Standards.

2.4 Account security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to use a strong password, to keep your password secret, and to notify us immediately at support@babble-on.io if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.

We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account credentials. We may require you to reset your password, verify your identity, or take other security measures from time to time.

3.1 What Babble-on is

Babble-on is an invite-only social platform where members create text posts, replies, and reposts ("Passes"), exchange direct messages, follow other members, upload profile and post media, and otherwise communicate with one another. The service is available through the Babble-on website at babble-on.io and through Babble-on mobile applications for iOS and Android.

Babble-on is built on a "Purely Human" model: no automated accounts, no AI-generated content presented as authentic, no engagement-farming algorithms, no advertising, and no corporate or brand accounts. The substance of these commitments is described in our Community Standards.

3.2 Changes to the service

We are an early-stage product and we will change. We may add features, remove features, change how features work, change platform availability, or modify any aspect of the service at any time, with or without notice. We will give reasonable advance notice of changes that materially reduce functionality or that materially change how we handle your information.

3.3 Service availability

We work to keep Babble-on running reliably, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted service. The service may be unavailable for scheduled maintenance, due to technical problems, due to events outside our control, or for other reasons. We are not liable for the consequences of any service interruption.

4.1 Subscription required

Use of Babble-on requires an active paid subscription. The current subscription price is $2.99 per month, billed monthly in advance. We may change the subscription price in the future, with at least 30 days advance notice; any price change will take effect at your next renewal.

4.2 How and where you pay

Subscriptions are sold and paid through our website at babble-on.io. Payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. We do not store your full payment card information; that data is handled by Stripe under their own terms and privacy policy.

Babble-on mobile applications do not offer in-app purchases or subscription sign-up. If you have a paid Babble-on subscription purchased on babble-on.io, you can use that subscription to access Babble-on on iOS and Android, but the apps themselves are not the place where you subscribe or pay.

4.3 Automatic renewal and cancellation

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL NOTICE: Your Babble-on subscription will automatically renew each month at the then-current rate, charged to the payment method on file, unless and until you cancel. You may cancel at any time, effective at the end of your current billing period, by going to your account settings on babble-on.io and selecting "Cancel Subscription."

Cancellation is as simple as signup: a single action from inside your account settings. You will retain access to the service through the end of the billing period for which you have already paid.

If you are a California resident, the auto-renewal terms above are made in compliance with California Business and Professions Code section 17600 et seq. You acknowledge that you have been provided clear and conspicuous notice of the automatic renewal terms before you were charged.

4.4 Refunds

Subscription fees are non-refundable, except where required by law or where we agree in our discretion to issue a refund. Cancellation stops future charges; it does not produce a refund of charges already made for the current billing period. If you believe you have been charged in error, contact us at support@babble-on.io and we will review the request in good faith.

4.5 Taxes

Subscription fees are exclusive of any applicable taxes. You are responsible for any sales tax, value-added tax, or other tax imposed by your jurisdiction on your purchase of the subscription. Where we are required to collect such taxes, we will add them to your charge.

4.6 Failed payment

If a scheduled payment fails (for example, because your card has expired or has insufficient funds), we may attempt to retry the charge, suspend your account, or terminate your subscription. We will give you a reasonable opportunity to update your payment method before terminating for nonpayment.

5.1 You own your content

Babble-on does not claim ownership of the posts, replies, profile information, direct messages, images, videos, or other content you create or upload to the service ("Your Content"). What is yours stays yours.

5.2 License you grant to us

To operate Babble-on, we need certain rights to handle Your Content. By posting Your Content on Babble-on, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for example, to resize images), create derivative works of (for example, to generate thumbnails), publicly display, publicly perform, and distribute Your Content, in any media or distribution method now known or later developed, solely for the purposes of operating, providing, improving, and promoting the Babble-on service.

This license exists so we can show your posts to other members, let other members repost or reply to your content, deliver your messages, back up the service, and otherwise run the platform. The license terminates when you delete the content or close your account, except that residual copies may persist for a reasonable period in backups, in moderation evidence retained for legal compliance, or in copies that other members made before deletion (for example, screenshots or reposts that occurred before you deleted).

5.3 We will not sell or share your content

We commit, as a binding contractual obligation under these Terms, that we will not:

• Sell Your Content or your personal information to any third party, in exchange for money or any other consideration.
• Share Your Content or your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
• Use Your Content as training data for, or otherwise provide Your Content to train, any third party’s machine-learning model.

The detailed disclosures about how we handle your information are in our Privacy Policy.

5.4 Your representations about your content

By posting Your Content, you represent and warrant that:

• You own or have the rights necessary to post Your Content.
• Your Content does not infringe any third party’s intellectual property rights or violate any third party’s privacy or publicity rights.
• Your Content does not violate any law applicable to you or to us.
• Your Content does not violate our Community Standards.

5.5 Our right to remove content

We may remove, restrict, label, or reduce the visibility of any content on Babble-on that we determine, in our reasonable judgment, violates the Agreement, harms our members or the service, or that we are required to remove by law. Our removal practices are described in our Community Standards. We may take action on content without prior notice when the content is illegal, when it presents an imminent risk, or when notice would not be reasonable under the circumstances.

Your use of Babble-on is governed by our Community Standards, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference. The Community Standards describe the categories of conduct that are prohibited on Babble-on, including violent threats and illegal activity, child sexual exploitation, harassment and hateful conduct, sexual exploitation and non-consensual intimate imagery, doxxing and privacy violations, inauthentic behavior including bots and AI-generated content, scams and fraud, and harmful self-harm content.

Violating the Community Standards is a violation of these Terms.

6.1 Additional prohibited uses

In addition to anything prohibited by the Community Standards, you agree not to:

• Access, monitor, scrape, or copy any content or information on Babble-on by any automated means, including bots, spiders, scrapers, or any data-mining tool, except as permitted by a written agreement with us.
• Use Babble-on to develop or train any machine-learning model, including language models, image-generation models, or content-classification models.
• Interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service, any related systems, or any other member’s account.
• Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the service or any related system without our prior written authorization, except to the extent permitted by applicable security-research safe harbors.
• Use the service in any way that violates any applicable law or regulation.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the service, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Use Babble-on to operate a commercial business, brand, organization, government agency, or institutional account. Babble-on is for individual humans.

7.1 Actions we may take

If you violate the Agreement, we may take any action we consider appropriate, including:

• Removing or limiting the visibility of specific content.
• Issuing a warning.
• Placing your account in read-only mode for a defined period.
• Suspending your account for a defined period.
• Permanently terminating your account.
• Reporting your activity to law enforcement or appropriate authorities where required by law or where we believe there is a credible imminent risk to life.

The enforcement framework — including how violations are tiered, how strikes accumulate, and what actions correspond to each tier — is set out in our Community Standards. We apply that framework consistently and proportionately.

7.2 Notice and appeal

When we take action against your account or content, we will give you notice that identifies the rule violated and the action taken, unless notice would itself constitute a continuing violation (for example, in cases involving child sexual exploitation, where federal law and our policies preclude notice to the offending account beyond the standard suspension message).

Most enforcement actions can be appealed. The appeals process is described in our Community Standards.

7.3 No obligation to monitor

We have no general obligation to monitor content on Babble-on, but we have the right to do so. We use a combination of automated detection (including hash-matching against established databases for known child sexual abuse material and known non-consensual intimate imagery), member reports, and human moderation to identify content that may violate the Agreement.

8.1 Termination by us

We may suspend or terminate your account if we determine, in our reasonable judgment, that you have violated the Agreement, or if termination is required by law. We may also terminate your account if you have not paid required subscription fees, or if we cease providing Babble-on as a service.

We will not terminate your account for reasons other than those above. We will give you reasonable notice and an opportunity to appeal where the circumstances permit, except in the case of red-line violations (such as child safety) where immediate termination is required.

8.2 Termination by you

You may close your account at any time from your account settings. Closing your account terminates your subscription effective at the end of the current billing period, ends our license to your content (subject to the residual-copies exceptions in Section 5.2), and triggers deletion of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

8.3 Effect of termination

On termination of your account, for any reason:

• Your right to access the service ends.
• Your content is removed from public view on Babble-on, subject to the residual-copies exceptions in Section 5.2.
• Your personal data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, including the retention practices described there.
• Provisions of the Agreement that by their nature should survive termination — including ownership, license, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law — will survive.

9.1 The Babble-on service is ours

The Babble-on service, including the software, design, user interface, name "Babble-on," the Babble-on logo, the "Purely Human" tagline, and other branding, is owned by RD7 Group LLC and protected by intellectual-property and trademark laws. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right or license to our intellectual property, except a limited license to use the service in accordance with the Agreement.

9.2 Feedback

If you send us feedback, suggestions, or ideas about Babble-on, we may use them for any purpose without obligation to you. We will not identify you as the source of any feedback in any public communication without your permission.

9.3 Copyright complaints

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Our DMCA notice and counter-notice procedures, including our designated agent contact information and our repeat-infringer policy, are described in our Copyright Policy.

How we collect, use, share, and protect your information is described in detail in our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is part of the Agreement and is incorporated by reference. By using Babble-on you acknowledge and consent to the data practices described in the Privacy Policy.

Please read this section carefully. It limits what you can rely on Babble-on for, and what we are responsible for.

11.1 As-is service

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BABBLE-ON IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant that any content on Babble-on will be accurate, useful, or appropriate, including content posted by other members.

11.2 Other members

Babble-on is a place where humans interact with other humans. We do not control what other members post or do. We are not responsible for the conduct of other members, the accuracy of their content, or any interaction between members that occurs on or off the platform. We moderate against violations of our Community Standards but we cannot prevent all harm before it occurs.

11.3 Third-party services

Babble-on relies on services provided by third parties, including Supabase (our database and authentication provider), Vercel (our web hosting provider), Expo (our mobile application build platform), Apple (the App Store), Google (the Play Store), and Stripe (our payment processor). We are not responsible for the acts or omissions of these third parties or for any content, software, or services they provide directly to you.

12.1 Limitation

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL RD7 GROUP LLC, ITS MEMBERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF BABBLE-ON, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF BABBLE-ON IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

12.2 Some limitations may not apply to you

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If those laws apply to you, some or all of the exclusions and limitations in this Section 12 may not apply, and you may have additional rights. The limitations apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12.3 Essential basis

You agree that the limitations in this Section 12 are an essential basis of the bargain between you and us. The Agreement would not be commercially reasonable without them. The limitations apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RD7 Group LLC and its members, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or relating to (a) Your Content, (b) your use of the service, (c) your violation of the Agreement, (d) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right, or (e) any claim that Your Content caused damage to a third party.

This obligation will survive termination of these Terms and your use of the service. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with our defense.

Please read this section carefully. It requires you and us to resolve disputes through binding arbitration on an individual basis, and it limits your rights to bring claims as part of a class action. You may opt out within 30 days.

14.1 Informal resolution first

If you have a dispute with us, please contact us first at support@babble-on.io. You and we agree to attempt to resolve any dispute informally for at least 60 days before initiating arbitration. During that period you and we will negotiate in good faith. If the dispute is not resolved within 60 days of the initial notice, either of us may proceed to arbitration.

14.2 Binding arbitration

Except for the disputes excluded in Section 14.5, you and we agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Agreement, the service, or the relationship between us — whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory — will be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis.

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, available at adr.org. The arbitration will be conducted in English. The arbitrator will have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes about arbitrability and the scope of this arbitration agreement.

The arbitration may be conducted remotely or in New York, New York, at your option. The arbitrator’s decision will be final and binding, except for any limited right of review under the Federal Arbitration Act.

14.3 Class-action waiver

YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, OR PRIVATE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL PROCEEDING. Unless both you and we agree, no arbitrator or judge may consolidate more than one person’s claims or otherwise preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.

14.4 30-day opt-out

You may opt out of the arbitration and class-action-waiver provisions of this Section 14 by sending us written notice within 30 days of the date you first accept these Terms. Your notice must include your name, the email address associated with your Babble-on account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Send your notice to:

RD7 Group LLC
Attn: Arbitration Opt-Out
555 W 23rd Street, Apt N10B
New York, NY 10011
Or by email to: legal@babble-on.io

If you opt out, your other rights under the Agreement remain unchanged.

14.5 Exceptions to arbitration

This Section 14 does not require arbitration of (a) claims relating to intellectual-property rights (including claims to enforce or protect those rights), (b) claims for injunctive or equitable relief, or (c) claims that may be brought in small-claims court if they qualify and remain in that court.

14.6 Federal Arbitration Act

The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section 14. If any portion of this Section 14 is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder will continue to apply, except that if Section 14.3 (Class-Action Waiver) is held invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of Section 14 will be void, and the dispute will be resolved in court under Section 15.

The Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws provisions. The Federal Arbitration Act governs Section 14.

For any dispute not subject to arbitration under Section 14, the state and federal courts located in New York County, New York, will have exclusive jurisdiction. You and we consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection to venue.

If you access Babble-on through the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, the following additional terms apply to that access. These terms are in addition to, and do not replace, the rest of these Terms.

16.1 Apple App Store

You acknowledge that the Agreement is between you and RD7 Group LLC only, not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). Apple is not responsible for Babble-on or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for Babble-on. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no warranty obligation with respect to Babble-on, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be the responsibility of RD7 Group LLC.

Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to Babble-on or your possession or use of Babble-on, including (a) product-liability claims, (b) any claim that Babble-on fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, or (c) claims arising under consumer-protection, privacy, or similar legislation.

In the event of any third-party claim that Babble-on or your use of Babble-on infringes that third party’s intellectual-property rights, RD7 Group LLC, not Apple, will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.

You must comply with applicable third-party agreement terms when using Babble-on (for example, your wireless data service agreement). You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Upon your acceptance of the Agreement, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

16.2 Google Play

If you obtain the Babble-on Android application through Google Play, you acknowledge that the Agreement is between you and RD7 Group LLC only, not with Google LLC ("Google"). Google is not responsible for Babble-on or its content, and Google has no obligation to provide support for Babble-on. You agree to comply with all applicable terms of any third-party agreement that applies to your use of the Android application, including the Google Play Terms of Service.

17.1 Changes to these Terms

We may change these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we will provide reasonable advance notice — generally at least 30 days — through an in-app notice, an email to the address associated with your account, or both. Your continued use of Babble-on after the effective date of a change means you accept the change. If you do not agree to a change, you may close your account before the effective date.

Changes that materially change how we collect, use, or share your information may require an additional affirmative opt-in, as described in our Privacy Policy.

17.2 Entire agreement

The Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us with respect to Babble-on, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous understandings, communications, or agreements between you and us regarding the service.

17.3 Severability

If any provision of the Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, except as expressly provided in Section 14.6.

17.4 No waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of the Agreement is not a waiver of our right to do so later. No waiver of any provision is effective unless in writing and signed by us.

17.5 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer the Agreement or any rights under it, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer the Agreement at any time without your consent, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

17.6 No third-party beneficiaries

Except for Apple and its subsidiaries as expressly provided in Section 16.1, the Agreement creates no third-party beneficiary rights.

17.7 Force majeure

We are not liable for any failure to perform our obligations under the Agreement that is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil disorder, labor disputes, pandemic, governmental action, or failures of internet infrastructure or third-party service providers.

17.8 Notices

We may give you notices by email to the address associated with your account, by in-app notification, or by posting on the service. You may give us notices at support@babble-on.io, or by physical mail to RD7 Group LLC, 555 W 23rd Street, Apt N10B, New York, NY 10011.

17.9 Headings

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of the Agreement.

17.10 Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@babble-on.io.