Terms of Use

Who Can Use Just Friends

Minimum Age

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 13, you may not create an account or use the Service.

If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 13, we will disable access. In some cases, we may block sign-in and sign-up until the account holder’s 13th birthday.

Eligibility

You may use the Service only if you can legally form a binding contract where you live and are not prohibited from using the Service under applicable laws.

Your Account

Registration and Security

You agree to provide accurate information and keep it updated. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your account.

• Individual use only: Accounts must represent individual people. You may not create accounts for businesses, organizations, brands, or non-human entities.
• One account integrity: You may not create accounts to evade enforcement, limits, or blocks, or to mislead others.
• Usernames: Usernames must be unique. You may not buy, sell, rent, or transfer usernames or accounts.
• Email and phone number: We may require a valid email address and a unique phone number to reduce abuse and protect the community. You represent you have the right to use the email and phone number you provide.

Device-Level Deterrents

To reduce abuse and multi-account creation, we may use device-level signals (including hashed install identifiers) and may limit the number of accounts created per device.

Private by Default

Just Friends is designed around private-by-default sharing and friends-only visibility. Your posts are generally intended to be visible only to you and your accepted friends, subject to these Terms and our enforcement actions.

Your Content

“User Content” includes photos, captions, comments, profile information (including profile photos), tags, and anything else you submit to the Service.

Ownership

You own your User Content. These Terms do not transfer ownership to us.

License You Grant Us

To operate the Service, you grant Just Friends a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, cache, reproduce, display, and publish (only within the Service as directed by your settings) your User Content, and to make technical adaptations (for example, creating thumbnails, resizing, compressing, and reformatting) solely to provide, secure, moderate, and improve the Service.

This license ends when your content is deleted from our systems, except where the content has been shared with others who may retain it (for example, a comment thread), it persists briefly in backups or technical logs, or we must retain data for safety, legal, compliance, or dispute reasons.

You’re Responsible for What You Post

You represent that you have all rights needed to post your User Content (including permissions from people depicted, where required) and that it does not violate law or these Terms.

Content Visibility

Friends can still capture or re-share what they see (for example, via screenshots). We cannot guarantee confidentiality once User Content is viewed by others.

Rules and Prohibited Content

You agree not to use the Service to do anything illegal, harmful, abusive, or disruptive.

Illegal and Harmful Conduct

• Break the law or promote illegal activity
• Threaten, harass, bully, stalk, or encourage violence
• Exploit or endanger minors
• Post scams, fraud, phishing, or deceptive schemes
• Share private information about others without permission (doxxing)

Inappropriate or Unsafe Content

• Pornography or sexually exploitative content (especially involving minors)
• Non-consensual sexual content or intimate imagery
• Graphic violence, gore, or content intended to shock
• Content promoting self-harm
• Hate speech or content attacking people based on protected characteristics

Spam, Ads, and “Selling”

• Advertising, solicitation, affiliate links, or selling activity
• Spam, mass-message behavior, engagement bait, or mass-follow schemes
• Impersonation or misrepresenting your identity or age
• Non-commercial use: Just Friends is for personal use. Organizations and businesses may not use the Service unless we explicitly permit it in writing.

Low-Quality Automation

Excessive low-quality synthetic or misleading mass-generated content (“AI slop”) may be removed even if it is not otherwise illegal.

Politics and Profanity

• Politics-focused content may be removed if the Service designates politics as disallowed
• Profanity may be removed where the Service prohibits it (including attempts to evade filters)

Platform Integrity

• Attempt to bypass limits, reporting outcomes, or enforcement actions
• Scrape, harvest, or collect information from the Service without permission
• Use bots, automation, or scripted methods to access or use the Service
• Probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities, or bypass security measures
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive source code (except where permitted by law)
• Upload malware or interfere with or disrupt the Service, servers, or networks

We may publish additional detailed rules in-app. Those rules are part of these Terms.

Moderation, Enforcement, and Reports

We may review, remove, or restrict User Content or accounts that violate these Terms or that we reasonably believe may harm users or the Service. We may take enforcement actions at any time, including removing content, limiting visibility, issuing warnings, temporarily suspending accounts, or permanently banning accounts.

We use a combination of user reports, automated systems (including image and text analysis and OCR), and human review (as available) to enforce rules and prevent abuse. Automated systems can make mistakes.

Some decisions may be appealable via in-app appeals. We do not guarantee that we will review every report or that we will act in every case.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Your Rights and Others’ Rights

Do not post content you do not have the right to share.

Copyright Complaints (DMCA)

If you believe your copyright is being infringed, contact us at copyright@thejustfriends.app with:

• Identification of the copyrighted work
• Identification of the allegedly infringing content and where it appears in the Service
• Your contact information
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act
• Your physical or electronic signature

Repeat infringer policy: we may terminate accounts that repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights.

Our IP

The Service, including the app, design, trademarks, logos, and code, is owned by Just Friends and licensors and is protected by law. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or reverse engineer any part of the Service except as permitted by law or with our written permission.

Third-Party Services

The Service may rely on third-party providers (for example, hosting, authentication, storage, moderation, and email delivery). We do not control third-party services that are not operated by us and are not responsible for their content, policies, or practices.

If you downloaded the App from Apple’s App Store or Google Play, you acknowledge those platforms are not responsible for the Service. Any claims related to the App are governed by these Terms and the platform’s terms, as applicable.

Service Changes and Disclaimers

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time, including features, limits, or availability.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not guarantee the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that User Content will always be available, or that moderation will catch every violation.

Feedback and Submissions

If you send us ideas, suggestions, or feedback (“Submissions”), you agree we can use them without restriction and without compensation to you. Do not send Submissions you consider confidential or proprietary.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, JUST FRIENDS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

IN ALL CASES, JUST FRIENDS’ TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US (IF ANY) IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM OR (B) $100 USD.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Just Friends and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your User Content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party rights.

Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time and may be able to delete your account from within the App (which may require verification).

We may suspend or terminate your access at any time if we believe you violated these Terms, we must do so for safety or legal reasons, or to protect the Service.

Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

To the extent permitted by law, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the Service must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arises, or it is permanently barred.

Nothing in these Terms creates an agency, partnership, joint venture, employment, or franchisor–franchisee relationship between you and Just Friends.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms become effective when posted in the App (or otherwise made available to you). Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.

Contact

Questions about these Terms: support@thejustfriends.app

Transactional emails may come from noreply@auth.thejustfriends.app

Mailing address (optional): Available upon request