WebChat Massads Team

If you have a report of such abuse, please email such a report to massads@webchat.org

Webchat Mass Advertising Policy is intended as an informational guide indicating what the network response to policy infractions will be. In no way does this limit Webchat in its mission to combat network abuse, nor are we liable for any actions taken by web providers, Internet Service Providers, or legal entities based on our communications with them in response to network abuse.

Webchat prohibits, without limitation, the use of the host information of users or other network or channel user information to send unsolicited advertisements to users of Webchat. The Webchat MassAds team works hand-in-hand with the other KLine teams to achieve our goals regarding the lessening of Mass Advertising on Webchat.

Definition of Unsolicited Advertising.

• Messaging users to join channels, visit web sites, go to other IRC networks, etc.
  
• /invite -ing users to channels.
• On-join messaging of users to join channels, visit web sites, or go to other IRC networks, also know as "autogreet".
• Excessive use of /quit messages to advertise channels, web sites, IRC servers, scripts, etc.
• Use of IRC commands such as CTCP to advertise or invite.
• Unsolicited email to network mailing lists, the purpose of said email which is to advertise web sites, software, channels, other IRC networks, etc.

Network Response to Mass Advertising.

Webchat reserves the right to take any actions in response to violations of this Mass Advertising Policy which are lawful and which its administration deems appropriate. Here are the commonly used methods of combating network abuse:

• Network kills (disconnection), or AKills (ban from network) of the abusive user.
• Akills of masks commonly used by Mass Advertising scripts.
• Masskicks, Freezes, and/or Closures of abusive channels.
• Services Ignores of abusive users.
• Notification by email or phone of web providers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), or shell providers.
• Network Bans of Internet Service Providers who fail to meet their obligations regarding warning &/or terminating abusive users.
• Interaction with legal authorities in cases of abuse which violates the laws of the country in which the server or user is located.