Terms of Service for NewsScope
Last Updated: November 10, 2026 • Effective Date: November 10, 2026
Welcome to NewsScope. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the NewsScope mobile application ("Application"), the website located at https://newsscope.services ("Website"), and any related services, APIs, and features (collectively, the "Services"), operated by New Reach Venture ("we," "our," or "us").
By downloading, accessing, or using NewsScope, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Services.
1. Eligibility & User Accounts
- Age Requirement: You must be at least 13 years of age (or the minimum legal age required in your jurisdiction) to use the Services.
- Account Registration: To participate in community discussions, voting, and moderation features, you may be required to create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information and maintain the security of your password and credentials.
- Account Responsibility: You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. Notify us immediately at sean@newsscope.services if you suspect unauthorized access.
2. User-Generated Content (UGC) & Community Conduct
NewsScope provides discussion spaces, comment threads, voting, and community tools. You retain ownership of content you submit, but you grant NewsScope a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, display, and distribute your content across the Services.
You strictly agree not to post, submit, or transmit content that:
- Constitutes harassment, bullying, stalking, threats, or hate speech targeting individuals or protected groups.
- Is sexually explicit, pornographic, obscene, or harmful to minors.
- Promotes violent extremism, terrorism, self-harm, suicide, or unlawful activities.
- Distributes malicious software, links to phishing schemes, or attempts automated crawling/scraping without authorization.
- Infringes upon intellectual property, copyright, trademark, or publicity rights of third parties.
- Involves intentional deception, impersonation, coordinated spamming, or fraudulent vote manipulation.
- Reporting: Every user interaction, comment, and profile includes accessible reporting tools. Users can flag objectionable content directly within the app interface.
- Blocking: Users have the ability to block abusive or unwanted accounts immediately, preventing further interactions and hiding their contributions from view.
- Zero Tolerance & Moderation: We enforce a zero-tolerance policy for severe abusive behavior. We reserve the right to review flagged content, remove violating posts without notice, and suspend or permanently ban accounts violating these standards.
3. News Aggregation & AI Transparency Scoring
- Third-Party Content: NewsScope aggregates headlines, excerpts, and links from external global publishers. We do not author or verify every underlying third-party news article. Original article copyrights belong to their respective publishers.
- AI Evaluation & Insights: Our algorithmic and AI-driven transparency scores evaluate evidence depth, reporting context, and multi-source framing. These metrics are provided solely for informational and analytical purposes and do not represent professional legal, financial, medical, or official advice.
- External Links: Clicking an external source link directs you to a third-party website outside of our control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or accuracy of external news organizations.
4. Account Termination & Deletion
- Termination by You: You may terminate your account at any time via Profile / Settings > Delete Account, or by submitting a written request to sean@newsscope.services.
- Termination by NewsScope: We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account immediately, without prior notice, if you breach these Terms, violate platform community standards, or engage in activity harmful to other users or our infrastructure.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
Except for User-Generated Content and third-party news material, the Application, Website, logos, branding, user interfaces, design code, and visual assets are the exclusive property of New Reach Venture and are protected by applicable intellectual property and copyright laws. You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, or copy the Application bundle or underlying proprietary code.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Services are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted availability. We do not warrant that all news summaries or AI evaluations will be error-free or uninterrupted.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, New Reach Venture, its founder, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of data, loss of goodwill, service interruption, or system failure, arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the Services.
8. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When updates are published, the "Last Updated" date at the top will be updated accordingly. Continued use of NewsScope following any modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
9. Contact Information
For inquiries, support, or legal questions concerning these Terms, contact: