Community Guidelines

1. Watching and membership

Anyone can browse SHOWVY and watch public episodes without an account.

Creating an account makes you a member. Only members can Like, cast a Show Me Next vote, comment, upload a series or enter SHOWVY NEXT.

To create an account, after signing in with Google you enter your date of birth and confirm three things:

• that you are at least 18 years old and that the age information you give is accurate;
• that you agree to the Terms of Service;
• that you agree to follow the Community Guidelines.

2. Age

You must be at least 18 years old to create a SHOWVY account. The Age Eligibility section of the Terms of Service sets out the full rule.

The age you give at sign-up is self-declared. It is not identity verification: we do not ask for an ID document or a face scan when you sign up.

If the date of birth you enter shows that you are under 18, registration is not completed and nothing about that attempt is kept. You can keep watching without an account.

3. Content ratings

Every series carries one of two ratings:

• ALL: Suitable for all ages.
• 15+: Recommended for ages 15 and older.

15+ is a viewing recommendation, not an access restriction, and nothing is shown before playback. The rating appears on series cards and in series information.

These are SHOWVY's own ratings, not official television ratings.

4. No adult-only content

There is no 18+ rating. Adult-only (18+) content is not allowed on SHOWVY at all, and being an adult member does not allow you to post it.

5. Prohibited content

The following content is not allowed on SHOWVY:

• pornography;
• explicit sexual activity;
• excessively graphic violence or gore;
• sexual exploitation;
• non-consensual intimate imagery;
• AI-made likenesses of an identifiable real person — their face, voice or actions — without that person's consent;
• sexualized depictions of minors;
• illegal or rights-infringing content.

You may use AI to recreate your own face or voice, or those of a real person who has clearly agreed to it. You are responsible for having that consent, and you must be able to show it if SHOWVY asks. Consent does not make sexual depictions of a real person, or any other prohibited content, acceptable. Labels such as "AI-generated", "parody" or "fictional" do not replace consent. Fully invented characters are fine as long as they are not made to pass for a specific real person.

AI-generated content is held to the same rules.

A work is not prohibited merely because it deals with crime, violence, horror or sexual themes. We consider the actual level of depiction and the context.

6. Publishing a series

Directors choose the rating of their series themselves. Series are published without prior approval by our operators.

When you publish a series for the first time, you confirm the following (the submit screen groups them into checkboxes):

• that you have chosen the appropriate rating for the series;
• that the work follows the Content Guidelines (the content rules in the Community Guidelines) and contains no prohibited adult (18+) content;
• that the work does not use AI to impersonate or recreate an identifiable real person without that person's consent;
• that you own, or have the rights and permissions for, all the materials in it, including AI-generated content;
• that you are responsible for what you submit, and that SHOWVY may review, reclassify, restrict or remove content that breaks its policies.

This confirmation also covers the episodes you add to that series later.

7. Comments and fair voting

Do not harass, threaten or abuse other people, in comments or anywhere else on the Service.

Do not manipulate Likes, Show Me Next votes or scores, for example with multiple accounts, automated tools, or by paying or trading for votes.

8. Reporting

You can report content in the apps under one of these reasons:

• Incorrect age rating
• Sexual or explicit content
• Excessive violence
• Copyright infringement
• Uses a real person without consent
• Harmful or illegal content
• Other

Our operators review reports. A report alone does not remove content automatically. Serious safety problems can lead to an immediate restriction.

9. What operators can do

After a series is published, our operators can:

• change the rating of a series;
• restrict a series: it is hidden from viewers, and the Director can fix it and resubmit it;
• remove a series: removal is permanent. The record and the files are kept so that disputes can be handled. For content that is unlawful to keep, access is blocked and we follow the reporting and preservation steps the law requires;
• restrict or suspend accounts for repeated violations.

The Director is told the reason.

10. Account restrictions

An account can be restricted or suspended for false age information or for breaking our policies. A report from a third party does not, on its own, establish that someone is under age.

11. Changes to these guidelines

We may update these guidelines. When we do, we will publish the new version on this page with a new effective date.

12. Contact

Questions about these guidelines: contact@showvy.app.