Terms of Service

1. Who can sign up

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. You must provide accurate information about yourself, including your real name and a valid email address. Elected officials may only claim a representative account through a verified invite.

2. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Impersonate another person, including any elected official
• Harass, threaten, or incite violence against any user or official
• Post unlawful, defamatory, or deliberately false content
• Scrape, spam, or otherwise abuse the platform's systems
• Attempt to access accounts or data that aren't yours

We may suspend or remove accounts that violate these rules.

3. Your content

You own the posts, comments, and other content you create. By posting on Heard, you grant us a limited license to host, display, and distribute that content as part of operating the platform. You can delete your content at any time, which removes it from public view.

4. Public-facing nature

Heard exists to connect constituents with elected officials in public. Posts, comments, votes you cast on bills, follows, and similar activity are public by default and tied to your display name. Don't share anything here you wouldn't want associated with you publicly.

5. Representative accounts

If you claim a representative profile, you confirm you are the named official (or are an authorized staff member acting on their behalf). Your voting record, posts, and statements will be visible to the public and tied to your office.

6. Account termination

You can delete your account from settings at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, with notice where reasonably possible.

7. No warranty

Heard is provided as-is. We try to keep voting records and rep information accurate, but we don't guarantee correctness or availability. Verify anything important against the official source.

8. Changes to these terms

If we change these terms in a meaningful way, we'll update the version number and notify active users at next sign-in. Continued use after a change means you accept the new version.

9. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email hello@heard.one.