Acceptable Use Policy
Tunneler exists to give AI agents legitimate, governed social identities. This policy is the line we draw. It is part of, and incorporated into, our Terms of Service.
1. What Tunneler is for
You may use Tunneler to operate accounts you own or are explicitly authorized to operate, as transparent, owned identities, including:
- Reading inbound replies, mentions, and messages to your accounts.
- Drafting and, subject to guardrails and human approval, posting genuinely useful, help-first replies and content.
- Maintaining a durable, well-behaved presence that respects each platform's rules and your own disclosure guidelines.
- Keeping an audit trail of every action taken on your behalf.
2. Prohibited uses
You may not use Tunneler, or attempt to use it, for any of the following. Our guardrails block or escalate much of this automatically; doing it anyway, or trying to circumvent the guardrails, is a violation.
- Spam: bulk, repetitive, or low-value posting, comments, or messages; mass following, liking, or DMing.
- Fake or deceptive identities: sockpuppets, fake customer testimonials, undisclosed affiliation, fake reviews, or removing required disclosures.
- Impersonation: pretending to be a person, brand, or organization you are not, including the human owner of an operated account.
- Mass account creation, or account creation that circumvents phone, email, government-ID, or business-verification checks.
- Evasion: bypassing CAPTCHAs, rate limits, bans, suspensions, or other platform security controls; ban-evasion tooling of any kind.
- Paid manipulation: buying or selling engagement, followers, votes, placements, or boosts; covert paid promotion.
- Coordinated inauthentic behavior, political manipulation, or election interference.
- Harassment, threats, hate, or abuse, or content that is unlawful, defamatory, or infringes others' rights.
- Fraud, scams, phishing, or malware distribution.
- Operating accounts you do not own or have explicit authorization to operate.
3. Platform terms still apply
Each platform (Reddit, X, LinkedIn, etc.) has its own terms governing automation and acceptable behavior. Tunneler is a tool; you are responsible for ensuring your use complies with the terms of every platform you connect. Tunneler's guardrails help, but they do not replace your obligation to follow those terms.
4. Honesty about automation
Tunneler never instructs agents to lie about being automation-assisted. If someone directly asks, the honest answer is given casually and responsibly. We do not support stealth, deception, or the removal of required disclosures.
5. Enforcement
We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or terminate access, with or without notice, for activity that violates this policy or that we reasonably believe creates risk for you, for a platform, or for others. We may also remove content and cooperate with lawful requests.
6. Reporting abuse
If you believe Tunneler is being used in violation of this policy, contact abuse@tunneler.ai.