U.S. Cyber Militia Terms of Service
Version: USCM-TOS-1.2
Effective date: 06-12-2026
Owner / operator: U.S. Cyber Militia
Official domains: cybermilitia.us
Contact: [email protected]

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern access to and use of websites, applications, databases, APIs, member portals, repositories, software services, file systems, document viewers, bodycam viewers, officer-profile systems, dashboards, archives, investigation tools, and related services operated by U.S. Cyber Militia (“USCM,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) (collectively, the “Platform”).
USCM exists to support public accountability, responsible record preservation, civil-rights work, public-interest investigation, lawful journalism, legal representation, research, and community safety. These Terms are intended to protect that mission. They are not intended to scare away good-faith attorneys, public defenders, journalists, researchers, nonprofits, families, or approved advocates. They are intended to prevent hacking, credential abuse, scraping, impersonation, scam use, harassment, unsafe disclosure, commercial exploitation, and competitive extraction of USCM data or infrastructure.
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using the Platform, creating an account, logging in, requesting Special Access, downloading documents, viewing member-only materials, using an API key, submitting materials, or clicking “I agree” to these Terms, you agree to be bound by these Terms and all policies incorporated by reference.
If you use the Platform on behalf of an organization, law office, newsroom, nonprofit, research institution, company, agency, advocacy group, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity. In that case, “you” includes both you personally and the entity you represent.
If you do not agree, do not access or use the Platform.
2. Incorporated policies
The following policies are incorporated into these Terms by reference and form part of the agreement between you and USCM:
Special Access Account Agreement
Data Use Policy
Acceptable Use and Anti-Abuse Policy
API, Automation, and Scraping Policy
Privacy, Safety, and Victim Protection Policy
Security and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
DMCA, Trademark, and Impersonation Policy
Unauthorized Access Fee Schedule / Liquidated Damages Schedule
Government Access and Legal Process Policy
ID Verification and Storage Indemnity Policy
Democratic Governance and Vote Integrity Policy
Community Conduct and Ban Policy
Democratic Integrity and Community Conduct Policy
Any written commercial, research, data-use, or special-access agreement signed by USCM
If any incorporated policy conflicts with these Terms, the more specific policy controls for the specific subject matter. A separate written agreement signed by USCM controls over these Terms only to the extent it expressly says so.
3. Definitions
Account means any login, credential, API key, token, session, role, permission set, Special Access Account, or other means of Platform access.
Authorized Purpose means a purpose expressly permitted by these Terms, the Data Use Policy, the Special Access Account Agreement, or a separate written agreement with USCM.
Bodycam Materials means body-worn-camera video, dashcam video, surveillance footage, audio, transcripts, screenshots, still frames, metadata, incident records, dispatch audio, related documents, and curated or annotated versions of those materials.
Bulk Extraction means collecting, copying, downloading, scraping, crawling, exporting, querying, saving, mirroring, recording, or reconstructing Platform data at scale, by automation, by systematic manual collection, by use of multiple accounts, by rate-limit avoidance, or by any other method that exceeds ordinary good-faith viewing for an Authorized Purpose.
Competitive Service means any product, service, website, API, archive, application, dataset, repository, software system, AI system, analytics system, watchlist, directory, legal-tech tool, law-enforcement-accountability tool, officer-profile database, bodycam database, public-records aggregation service, police-misconduct database, investigative platform, or substantially similar service that competes with, substitutes for, clones, replicates, or commercially leverages the Platform or its data.
Content means all text, images, videos, audio, files, documents, datasets, records, compilations, code, designs, interfaces, metadata, annotations, summaries, indexes, tags, research notes, officer profiles, incident pages, transcripts, watermarks, export files, and other materials available on or through the Platform.
Member-Only Content means Content that is behind login, paywall, membership gate, role gate, hidden route, restricted endpoint, signed URL, nonpublic storage object, access-control list, private repository, or any other nonpublic access boundary.
Public Content means Content intentionally made available by USCM to the general public without login or access approval.
Restricted Content means Content designated as restricted, sensitive, confidential, limited access, protected, investigation-only, family-only, attorney-only, admin-only, or otherwise subject to elevated controls.
Special Access Account means an Account approved by USCM for attorneys, public defenders, civil-rights organizations, journalists, researchers, families, investigators, advocates, or other approved public-interest users under the Special Access Account Agreement.
Unauthorized Access means any access, attempt to access, use, query, download, export, view, copy, modify, bypass, scraping, automation, credential use, or technical interaction that is not expressly authorized by your role, Account, written permission, or these Terms.
Democratic Functionality means any Platform feature that lets users vote, rank, endorse, oppose, score, nominate, prioritize, elect, delegate, review, flag, approve, reject, appeal, moderate, comment, propose, petition, allocate resources, govern a project, or influence USCM decisions.
Vote Manipulation means any conduct that creates false consensus, suppresses real participation, corrupts governance, or undermines trust in Democratic Functionality, including sockpuppets, fake accounts, bots, bribery, coercion, brigading, undisclosed conflicts, eligibility fraud, vote buying, automated voting, government/competitor interference, or technical tampering.
4. Access boundaries and authorization
USCM uses legal, technical, and administrative access boundaries. You are only authorized to access the Platform areas, endpoints, files, databases, APIs, storage objects, routes, dashboards, and Content made available to your Account role through ordinary Platform functionality and only for an Authorized Purpose.
Unless USCM gives you written permission, you are not authorized to:
access Member-Only Content without a valid Account;
access Special Access Content without an approved Special Access Account;
access Restricted Content unless your role expressly allows it;
access admin systems, internal tools, source systems, storage buckets, unpublished APIs, hidden routes, or nonpublic endpoints;
bypass, evade, disable, or work around login gates, role gates, rate limits, watermarks, audit logging, paywalls, CAPTCHAs, download controls, API controls, or access-control mechanisms;
use another person’s Account, credentials, tokens, cookies, session, API key, device, or organization access;
use your Account for a purpose outside your approved role or access tier;
continue accessing the Platform after your authorization has expired, been revoked, been suspended, or been limited;
access Member-Only Content or Special Access Content to build, operate, improve, seed, train, market, validate, benchmark, enrich, or support a Competitive Service;
access or copy Platform data after receiving a cease-and-desist, block, revocation, suspension, written notice, or automated access-denied response.
For contract purposes, your authorization is limited by both technical access controls and these Terms. Any use outside these Terms is unauthorized for Platform purposes and may result in account termination, investigation, damages, fees, injunctive relief, and referral to counsel, platforms, infrastructure providers, payment processors, or law enforcement where appropriate.
5. Account types
5.1 Public users
Public users may view Public Content for lawful, nonabusive purposes under these Terms.
5.2 Registered members
Registered members may access Account features made available to them by USCM. Member access does not create permission to scrape, bulk export, bypass controls, share credentials, rehost data, build a Competitive Service, or access Restricted Content.
5.3 Special Access Account users
Special Access Account users may access approved datasets or tools for approved public-interest purposes under the Special Access Account Agreement. USCM designed Special Access Accounts so that legitimate attorneys, public defenders, civil-rights organizations, journalists, researchers, families, investigators, and approved advocates can use authorized materials responsibly without fear that ordinary good-faith legal, journalistic, research, or advocacy work will be treated as abuse.
5.4 Admin and internal users
Admin and internal access is limited to authorized USCM personnel and contractors. Attempted access to admin or internal systems by any other person is prohibited.
6. Good-faith public-interest use
USCM welcomes good-faith public-interest use of authorized materials. Subject to these Terms and the applicable access tier, examples of good-faith uses include:
legal representation;
public-defense investigation;
civil-rights litigation and advocacy;
journalist review, reporting, and fact checking;
academic and public-interest research;
policy analysis;
FOIA, open-records, and public-accountability work;
victim, family, or community advocacy;
expert review;
nonprofit or public-interest investigation;
preservation of public accountability records;
safety, accuracy, and correction requests.
USCM will not treat ordinary good-faith use within your approved access tier as abuse solely because your conclusions criticize USCM, criticize government agencies, criticize officers, criticize public officials, or present findings that USCM disagrees with.

7. Democratic functionality and community conduct
USCM may provide community spaces, democratic areas, voting tools, proposal systems, governance features, ranking tools, moderation tools, member decision-making systems, reputation features, comments, review queues, and other participatory functions.
Unless USCM expressly says otherwise in writing, these features are internal Platform/community tools and are not official public elections, government elections, state-administered elections, public referenda, legal ballots, shareholder votes, union elections, or regulated governmental voting systems.
You must comply with the Democratic Integrity and Community Conduct Policy. In particular, you may not manipulate votes, create fake consensus, use sockpuppets, use bots, buy or sell votes, coerce users, brigade the Platform, conceal material conflicts, use government/competitor/front-organization influence, exploit technical bugs, tamper with vote logs, or use Democratic Functionality for harassment, intimidation, retaliation, or bad-faith disruption.
USCM may audit, freeze, extend, rerun, void, discount, certify, correct, or decline to implement a vote, poll, ranking, proposal, moderation outcome, appeal, or community decision where required for legal, safety, security, anti-abuse, operational, financial, ethical, or mission-integrity reasons.
Plain English: being an asshole can get you banned. USCM may warn, mute, throttle, restrict, suspend, revoke, or ban users who act in a way USCM reasonably considers abusive, hostile, predatory, manipulative, threatening, harassing, dehumanizing, exploitative, disruptive, cruel, persistently bad-faith, or incompatible with the safety and mission of the Platform.
Good-faith criticism, strong disagreement, anger about injustice, legal advocacy, trauma-informed expression, whistleblowing, correction requests, appeals, public-interest criticism, or criticism of USCM is not a violation by itself. The line is crossed by abuse, threats, harassment, manipulation, dishonesty, doxxing, intimidation, coordinated bad-faith activity, or conduct that undermines safety or mission integrity.
8. Prohibited uses
You may not use the Platform to:
hack, probe, exploit, bypass, or interfere with Platform systems except as expressly allowed by the Security and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy;
scrape, crawl, bulk export, mirror, record, harvest, or reconstruct Content except as expressly approved in writing;
use Member-Only Content, Special Access Content, Restricted Content, bodycam indexes, document collections, annotations, metadata, officer profiles, or curated datasets to create, improve, seed, train, benchmark, enrich, operate, promote, or support a Competitive Service;
share, sell, rent, transfer, publish, post, leak, or disclose Account credentials, API keys, tokens, cookies, sessions, signed URLs, restricted exports, or nonpublic data;
impersonate USCM, imply affiliation with USCM, create confusingly similar services, use USCM marks without permission, or falsely claim official status;
use the Platform for phishing, malware, credential theft, social engineering, spam, botnets, denial-of-service activity, vulnerability exploitation, intrusion, evasion, or malicious cyber activity;
harass, threaten, intimidate, stalk, dox, target, endanger, or retaliate against victims, complainants, witnesses, families, officers, attorneys, journalists, researchers, USCM personnel, or Platform users;
identify, de-anonymize, expose, or attempt to expose protected users, confidential sources, witnesses, minors, complainants, victims, family members, or safety-sensitive persons;
remove, obscure, alter, falsify, bypass, or tamper with attribution, copyright notices, watermarks, file fingerprints, chain-of-custody markers, provenance metadata, audit logging, rate limits, or source notices;
make misleading edits, deepfakes, synthetic media, deceptive summaries, false attributions, fabricated records, or context-stripped clips that materially misrepresent events or people;
use the Platform for commercial lead generation, advertising, resale, data brokerage, surveillance products, risk scoring, employment screening, insurance screening, credit screening, law-enforcement surveillance, or commercial profiling without a signed agreement;
submit unlawful, infringing, defamatory, malicious, fraudulent, exploitative, or privacy-invasive materials;
overload, disable, degrade, reverse engineer, interfere with, or disrupt the Platform;
use multiple accounts, shell organizations, bots, proxies, credential rotation, IP rotation, residential proxy networks, headless browsers, browser automation, or other evasive means to avoid limits or conceal extraction;
attempt to discover, access, enumerate, download, or infer nonpublic files, object storage paths, IDs, API endpoints, hidden directories, admin routes, or database records;
manipulate Democratic Functionality, including votes, polls, rankings, reports, flags, proposals, nominations, comments, endorsements, reputation, moderation queues, or governance results;
create or use sockpuppets, fake identities, shared accounts, bots, scripts, paid votes, vote rings, brigading campaigns, undisclosed proxy voters, or inauthentic coordination to influence Platform decisions;
tamper with vote records, tallies, audit logs, eligibility checks, proposal text, ballot secrecy, anti-fraud controls, moderation queues, or governance records;
harass, threaten, dox, intimidate, stalk, shame, abuse, retaliate against, or otherwise target users, contributors, victims, witnesses, families, attorneys, journalists, researchers, moderators, officers, staff, or community participants;
act in bad faith, disrupt Community Areas, ignore moderation instructions, evade bans, or engage in conduct USCM reasonably determines is abusive, unsafe, deceptive, manipulative, predatory, hateful, malicious, or inconsistent with USCM’s mission.
9. Competitive and commercial use restrictions
Unless USCM gives written permission, you may not use the Platform, Member-Only Content, Special Access Content, Restricted Content, exports, APIs, metadata, annotations, bodycam collections, officer profiles, incident pages, or document compilations for commercial exploitation or to build, operate, improve, seed, train, market, validate, benchmark, enrich, or support a Competitive Service.
This includes using Platform access to:
copy USCM’s bodycam, document, officer, incident, complaint, agency, or public-records collections;
reproduce USCM’s selection, coordination, arrangement, metadata, tags, summaries, analysis, or annotations;
populate a competing database;
train, fine-tune, evaluate, benchmark, or enrich AI or machine-learning systems;
create embeddings, vector indexes, or derived datasets that can reconstruct or substitute for USCM Content;
sell access to substantially similar materials;
offer paid investigative, legal-tech, records, monitoring, alerting, officer-profile, or bodycam-analysis services using USCM Member-Only Content or Special Access Content;
white-label or rebrand USCM data or tools;
solicit USCM users, contributors, customers, or Special Access users for a competing product using Platform data.
If you represent, work for, invest in, consult for, operate, or materially assist a Competitive Service, you must disclose that relationship before requesting Special Access or member-only exports. Failure to disclose is a material breach.
10. Public records and intellectual property clarification
Some materials on the Platform may include public records, government documents, court records, bodycam footage, public datasets, or factual information obtained from public sources. These Terms do not claim ownership over facts or prevent you from independently obtaining public records from their original sources.
However, USCM owns or controls rights in the Platform, original text, software, database structure, compilation, selection, coordination, arrangement, annotations, summaries, metadata, tags, watermarks, interfaces, dashboards, exports, visual designs, source notices, project names, marks, nonpublic access systems, and other original materials created or curated by USCM, except where otherwise stated.
You may not use USCM’s Platform access, compilation, annotations, metadata, organization, member-only database, restricted exports, or account system as a substitute for obtaining records through lawful independent channels when your purpose is prohibited by these Terms.
11. Bodycam and document use rules
Bodycam Materials and related records can involve death, injury, trauma, minors, victims, families, officers, private homes, medical conditions, mental-health crises, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other sensitive matters. You may use authorized Bodycam Materials only in a lawful, responsible, and context-preserving way.
Unless expressly approved, you may not:
rehost full bodycam archives;
publish large raw datasets from Member-Only Content or Restricted Content;
use materials for harassment, doxxing, threats, or retaliation;
edit clips in a materially misleading way;
remove USCM attribution, provenance, or watermarks;
use traumatic footage for shock content, entertainment exploitation, or monetized sensationalism;
expose minors, victims, family members, confidential sources, or private persons beyond what is necessary for an Authorized Purpose;
create a competing bodycam/document service from USCM member-only access.
Attorneys, public defenders, journalists, researchers, nonprofits, families, and approved advocates may use authorized materials as reasonably necessary for approved legal, journalistic, research, advocacy, or public-interest work, subject to the Data Use Policy and any Special Access terms.
12. User submissions
If you submit Content to USCM, you represent and warrant that:
you have the right to submit it;
your submission is accurate to the best of your knowledge;
you are not submitting malware, unlawful material, knowingly false information, or privacy-invasive material without public-interest justification;
your submission does not violate another person’s rights;
you have not obtained the material through unauthorized access, hacking, theft, coercion, or unlawful surveillance.
You grant USCM a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, process, analyze, redact, annotate, index, display, publish, preserve, distribute, and otherwise use submitted Content for USCM’s public-interest, legal, safety, archival, accountability, research, and Platform-operational purposes.
USCM may remove, redact, restrict, annotate, preserve, or decline Content at its discretion for safety, accuracy, privacy, legal, operational, or mission reasons.
13. Monitoring, logging, watermarking, and enforcement
USCM may monitor, log, inspect, watermark, fingerprint, rate-limit, audit, review, block, suspend, throttle, challenge, revoke, or investigate Platform access. This may include logging account activity, IP addresses, device information, user agents, access times, file views, search queries, downloads, exports, API calls, failed logins, rate-limit events, unusual access patterns, watermark identifiers, and other security-relevant activity.
USCM may use visible or invisible watermarks, account-specific identifiers, download manifests, audit beacons, canary markers, file fingerprints, hash records, and export logs to protect users, detect leaks, preserve chain of custody, investigate misuse, and enforce these Terms.
By using the Platform, you consent to these security, integrity, and enforcement measures to the extent permitted by law.
14. Suspension, termination, and revocation
USCM may suspend, terminate, restrict, revoke, or refuse access at any time if we believe you violated these Terms, created legal or safety risk, misrepresented your identity or purpose, used the Platform for a prohibited purpose, threatened Platform integrity, abused Special Access, manipulated Democratic Functionality, engaged in abusive conduct, evaded moderation, or acted in a way inconsistent with USCM’s mission.
If your Account is suspended, revoked, or terminated, you must immediately stop accessing the Platform and must not create another account, use another person’s account, use an affiliate account, bypass controls, or continue accessing data by other means.
Sections involving intellectual property, data use restrictions, confidentiality, safety, prohibited use, enforcement, fees, damages, indemnity, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law, and dispute resolution survive termination.
15. Unauthorized access fees, damages, and enforcement costs
Unauthorized Access, Bulk Extraction, credential abuse, scraping, competitive extraction, impersonation, security circumvention, Vote Manipulation, abusive conduct, and data misuse cause harms that may be difficult to measure, including investigation cost, security remediation, user-safety risk, data leakage, competitive harm, loss of trust, legal exposure, infrastructure cost, and mission disruption.
Where permitted by law, violations may result in:
liquidated damages or unauthorized access fees under the Unauthorized Access Fee Schedule;
actual damages;
statutory damages;
disgorgement of profits;
retroactive commercial license fees;
investigation, remediation, audit, takedown, and incident-response costs;
attorneys’ fees and costs;
injunctive relief;
account termination;
takedown requests to platforms, hosts, registrars, payment processors, search engines, app stores, and other providers;
referral to law enforcement or civil counsel where appropriate.
USCM’s rights and remedies are cumulative and not exclusive.
16. Security research
Security testing is allowed only as described in the Security and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. Unauthorized probing, scanning, exploitation, data access, data exfiltration, password attacks, social engineering, denial-of-service testing, malware deployment, bypassing login gates, accessing member-only records, accessing bodycam/document data outside your own account, or testing restricted systems without written permission is prohibited.
Good-faith researchers must stop immediately if they encounter nonpublic data, credentials, member materials, bodycam files, personal information, private records, or restricted systems, and must report the issue without further access.
17. Privacy and safety
You must respect victim, witness, complainant, family, officer, user, and staff safety. You may not use Platform data to harass, threaten, stalk, target, de-anonymize, retaliate against, or expose private persons. You must follow the Privacy, Safety, and Victim Protection Policy.
If you believe Content creates immediate safety risk, exposes protected persons, contains unlawful private information, or requires correction, contact [email protected].
18. Trademarks, official status, and anti-impersonation
The names U.S. Cyber Militia, USCM, Cyber Militia, BlindSite, related project names, logos, slogans, trade dress, interface identifiers, and phrases including “hello friend. welcome to our world” are USCM identity materials and may function as trademarks, service marks, source identifiers, or protected branding.
You may not use USCM identity materials in a way that suggests affiliation, endorsement, official status, partnership, sponsorship, authorization, or origin without written permission. You may not create confusingly similar accounts, repositories, domains, social profiles, apps, services, donation pages, or downloads.
Forks, commentary, criticism, nominative references, and fair uses must be truthful, nonconfusing, and must not imply official status.
19. No legal advice; no official government record
The Platform is not a law firm, attorney, government agency, official record custodian, emergency service, crisis service, or substitute for professional legal, medical, mental-health, investigative, or safety advice.
Content may contain errors, omissions, redactions, outdated records, disputed facts, incomplete footage, unofficial summaries, machine-generated outputs, or materials received from third parties. You are responsible for verifying records with original sources before relying on them in court, publication, investigation, employment, policy, or safety decisions.
20. No emergency service
The Platform is not an emergency-reporting system. If there is an immediate threat to life or safety, contact local emergency services, crisis services, counsel, or appropriate authorities.
21. Third-party services and links
The Platform may link to third-party websites, government portals, court systems, cloud providers, repositories, media files, storage systems, payment processors, or external services. USCM does not control and is not responsible for third-party content, policies, availability, security, or practices.
22. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Platform and Content are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, availability, reliability, title, noninfringement, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, security, or error-free operation.
USCM does not guarantee that Content is complete, accurate, admissible, current, unaltered, safe to publish, or sufficient for any legal or investigative purpose.
23. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, USCM and its founders, members, volunteers, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, contributors, partners, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or enhanced damages; lost profits; lost revenue; lost goodwill; data loss; reputational harm; legal exposure; emotional distress; business interruption; or other damages arising from or related to the Platform or Content.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, USCM’s total liability for all claims arising from or related to the Platform will not exceed the greater of: (a) amounts you paid USCM for Platform access in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim; or (b) $100.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some limitations may not apply.
24. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless USCM and its founders, members, volunteers, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, contributors, partners, affiliates, and service providers from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, expenses, judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, and attorneys’ fees arising from or related to:
your access to or use of the Platform;
your violation of these Terms;
your misuse of Content;
your submissions;
your violation of law or third-party rights;
your unauthorized access, scraping, credential sharing, data misuse, impersonation, harassment, or competitive extraction;
your publication, republication, editing, redistribution, or reliance on Content.
25. Changes to the Platform or Terms
USCM may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Platform at any time. USCM may update these Terms by posting a new version or providing notice through the Platform, email, login flow, or other reasonable means.
For registered, member-only, and Special Access users, USCM may require affirmative re-acceptance before continued access. Continued access after notice or re-acceptance constitutes agreement to the updated Terms.
26. Governing law and venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of [STATE/COUNTRY], without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any mandatory law, the exclusive venue for disputes will be the state or federal courts located in [COUNTY/STATE OR FEDERAL DISTRICT].
Nothing in these Terms prevents USCM from seeking emergency injunctive relief, takedown relief, preservation orders, platform enforcement, or other urgent remedies in any court or forum with jurisdiction.
Attorney review required: jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, class waiver, consumer-law provisions, and liquidated damages must be reviewed for enforceability in the applicable jurisdiction.
27. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect, and the invalid provision will be interpreted or modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable while preserving its intent.
28. No waiver
USCM’s failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of its right to enforce that provision later. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by USCM.
29. Assignment
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations without USCM’s written permission. USCM may assign these Terms in connection with reorganization, merger, acquisition, asset transfer, public-benefit restructuring, or operation of the Platform.
30. Entire agreement
These Terms and incorporated policies are the entire agreement between you and USCM regarding Platform use, except for any separate written agreement signed by USCM.
31. Contact
Legal / terms: [LEGAL CONTACT EMAIL] Security: [SECURITY CONTACT EMAIL] Safety / privacy: [SAFETY CONTACT EMAIL] Special Access: [SPECIAL ACCESS CONTACT EMAIL]

32. Government actors, law enforcement, and legal process
Government Actors are not authorized to create accounts, log in, use member-only systems, use Special Access systems, access restricted datasets, download exports, use API keys, or interact with nonpublic areas of the Platform unless they have: (a) a written USCM invitation, invite link, or access code issued specifically to that Government Actor, agency, role, and purpose; (b) valid Legal Process served through USCM’s legal-process channel; (c) a court order expressly authorizing the access; or (d) USCM-initiated emergency/safety contact or written authorization.
Government Actors may view intentionally Public Content in the same way as other public users, but may not scrape, automate, bypass controls, misrepresent identity, use undercover accounts, use intermediaries, de-anonymize protected users, monitor attorneys/journalists/researchers/families, or use public access as a workaround for member-only restrictions.
Government Actors must disclose their government affiliation, agency, title, purpose, supervisor/contact, and legal authority before requesting any Account or nonpublic access. Government Actors may not use personal accounts, fake identities, contractors, vendors, informants, nonprofit fronts, research fronts, journalist fronts, attorney fronts, or other intermediaries to access USCM.
Government requests for user data, logs, account data, Special Access data, restricted files, source-identifying information, or nonpublic Content must be sent to [LEGAL PROCESS EMAIL] and must comply with the Government Access and Legal Process Policy. USCM reserves the right to require a warrant, court order, subpoena, or other valid Legal Process as applicable; to notify affected users where lawful; to challenge overbroad or improper requests; and to preserve all legal objections.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to obstruct valid Legal Process or prevent USCM from complying with mandatory law.
33. ID verification, credential storage, and indemnity
USCM may require identity verification, bar credentials, press credentials, nonprofit credentials, researcher credentials, family authorization, organization verification, government-affiliation disclosure, competitor disclosure, or other proof before granting accounts, Special Access, exports, API access, or restricted materials.
By submitting identity or credential materials, you consent to USCM collecting, storing, reviewing, verifying, using, and retaining those materials for verification, access control, safety, anti-abuse, legal, audit, and enforcement purposes. You represent that submitted materials are genuine, accurate, current, lawfully obtained, and authorized for submission.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless USCM from claims, losses, costs, investigations, privacy claims, identity claims, fraud claims, and attorneys’ fees arising from false, forged, stolen, synthetic, unauthorized, misleading, or unlawful ID submissions; concealment of government or competitor affiliation; credential misuse; or submission of another person’s ID without authority.
This indemnity does not require you to indemnify USCM for USCM’s own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or liabilities that cannot legally be shifted to you. ID and credential handling is governed by the ID Verification and Storage Indemnity Policy.