Content rules

What’s allowed

Almost anything you’d be comfortable explaining to a stranger: games, music you made, art, cooking, study sessions, talk shows, sport, travel, building things. What isn’t allowed:

• Spam, scams or fake engagement
• Harassment or threats
• Hate speech
• Violence or encouraging violence
• Sexually explicit content
• Encouraging self-harm
• Illegal content
• Impersonation
• Interfering with the service

Anything that sexually exploits or endangers children is never allowed, and is removed straight away.

Music and copyright

• Only play music you have the right to stream: your own, music with a licence that allows live streaming, or tracks from services made for streamers.
• Background radio, Spotify and chart music are usually not allowed — a subscription lets you listen, not broadcast. The same goes for films, TV and sport broadcasts.
• Recordings of your streams keep whatever music was playing. If you’re unsure, turn it off; a silent minute is better than a removed video.
• If you own something that was streamed or uploaded here without permission, send a copyright notice.

Gambling

• Streams of real-money gambling — casinos, slots, betting, loot boxes or skins traded for money — must be marked 18+.
• Don’t share links, codes or referral offers for gambling sites that aren’t licensed where you live, and never encourage viewers to gamble.
• Viewers can choose to hide gambling categories, so label your stream correctly.

18+ content

Turn on Mature content when you set up a stream if it includes strong language throughout, graphic violence in games, gambling, or adult themes. Your stream then shows an 18+ label and stays out of general discovery, and viewers who chose to hide mature content won’t see it.

The 18+ label doesn’t make sexually explicit content allowed — that’s never allowed.

Made for kids

If your broadcast is made for children, turn on Made for kids. Chat and tips are switched off for that broadcast, to protect young viewers. Don’t mark a stream as made for kids just to reach more people — it’s a promise about who it’s for.

Paid promotion

If someone paid you, or gave you something free, to show or talk about their product, tell viewers. Say it out loud at the start and while it’s on screen, and put “Sponsored” or “#ad” in your title. Many countries require this by law.

Impersonation

Don’t pretend to be another creator, a brand, or Onzsa staff — in your name, picture, stream or chat. Parody and fan channels are fine when they say so clearly in the channel name or description. Onzsa staff will never ask for your password or stream key.

Reports, strikes and appeals

• Anyone can report a channel, stream, video, clip, post or chat message. People on our team review reports and decide what happens.
• A strike means you broke a rule. It always names the rule and why, and it lasts 90 days, then expires on its own.
• At 3 active strikes, our team looks at whether to suspend the channel. That’s a decision a person makes, never automatic.
• Serious harm — threats, exploiting children, illegal content — can lead to removal or suspension straight away.
• You can appeal a strike, a removal or a suspension if you think we got it wrong. Our team looks at it again and tells you the outcome, with a note explaining it. Appeal from Account standing in your settings, where every decision about your account is listed.

Questions about a decision? Contact support and choose “Safety, harassment or a report”.