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Terms of Service

Last updated: July 16, 2026

These terms govern your use of Orbit, published by Orbit Social ("we", "us"). By creating an account you agree to them. Like our Privacy Policy, they're written in plain English on purpose.

The short version: Orbit is private by design, and privacy is not a shield for abuse. The list of things you can't do here is short, explicit, and enforced.

1. Who can use Orbit

You must be 18 or older. You confirm this at sign-up. If we learn an account belongs to someone under 18, we delete it.

You're responsible for your account and what happens through it. Keep your credentials to yourself.

2. Your content

You own what you post. You give us the limited license needed to store it, encrypt it, transmit it to the people you chose, and display it inside the app, nothing more. We don't sell it, license it to anyone else, use it for ads, or train AI models on it.

You're responsible for having the rights to what you post. Don't post other people's work, or other people's private content, without permission.

3. Prohibited content and conduct

The following are banned everywhere on Orbit, in channels, in orbits of any size, in direct and group messages, in profiles, usernames, avatars, and bios. "Private" spaces are not exempt.

Zero tolerance:

  • Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of any kind, photographic, generated, drawn, or written
  • Any sexualization of minors, real or fictional
  • Grooming, solicitation of minors, or attempts to arrange contact with minors

We say this proudly and without apology: child exploitation is reported to the authorities, immediately, with everything we have. When such material is detected or confirmed, we report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement and provide any and all data and information we collect, account details, content, timestamps, and interaction records. This applies not only to whoever posted the material but to anyone who engaged with it, liking, reacting to, commenting on, or sharing child exploitation content earns the same enforcement and appears in the same report. Accounts involved are frozen the moment the material is detected: content is preserved as evidence and the account cannot be deleted while the review or any law-enforcement obligation is active, you cannot destroy evidence by deleting your account. If you were swept in by mistake (an automated flag that a human review overturns), your account is restored and you'll be notified.

Banned content:

  • Pornography and sexually explicit content, Orbit is not an adult-content platform, including in private orbits
  • Non-consensual intimate imagery, and threats to share it
  • Content depicting or celebrating gratuitous violence, gore, or animal abuse
  • Promotion or instruction of self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders
  • Sale or coordination of illegal goods, drugs, weapons, stolen data, counterfeits

Banned conduct:

  • Harassment, stalking, threats, or intimidation of any person
  • Hate directed at people for who they are, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin
  • Doxxing, publishing someone's private information without consent
  • Impersonation of a person or organization
  • Spam, mass-messaging, pyramid/fraud schemes, and platform manipulation
  • Attempting to bypass blocks, suspensions, bans, or our moderation systems
  • Scraping, probing, or attacking the service

4. How enforcement works

Every post, message, comment, user, orbit, and channel can be reported from inside the app, with up to three screenshots attached as evidence.

  • Public surfaces (channels, discoverable orbits, public profile fields) may be screened automatically at upload by an AI safety classifier.
  • Private content is reviewed only when a participant reports it. Moderators see the reported content, not your unrelated content.
  • End-to-end encrypted messages can't be read by us or our classifiers. Reports of encrypted content rely on the recipient sharing what they received.
  • Actions we may take: remove content, warn, suspend, place an account under review-hold, permanently ban, delete orbits or channels used for prohibited activity, and, for CSAM and credible threats, report to NCMEC and law enforcement with all data and information we collect, preserving evidence for the legally required period.
  • Automated systems flag and prioritize; a human makes suspension and ban decisions, except that high-confidence CSAM is quarantined automatically, content frozen, the poster and everyone who engaged with it placed under review-hold, pending human review.
  • Review-holds freeze the account: you'll see a notice when you open the app, and you cannot delete the account or its data while the hold is active. Holds are either released (with notice) or escalated after human review.
  • Appeals: if you believe we got it wrong, appeal via Settings → Support. A human will look.

Deleting your account does not stop a legally required report that's already in motion, and deletion is unavailable entirely while your account is under review.

5. Subscriptions

Orbit Plus is billed through Apple. Pricing and terms are shown at purchase; cancellation and refunds are handled by Apple through your App Store account, not by us. Plus features may evolve over time.

6. Brand channels

Some channels on Orbit are operated by verified businesses ("brand channels"). Brand channels are subscribe-only: they never appear in your feed, orbits, or pulses unless you subscribe, and they appear on Discover in a clearly labeled section. Brand channels are subject to the same content rules as every other account. We may suspend or remove brand channels that violate these terms, and we do not sell, share, or provide member data to brands. The plain-language version of these commitments lives at /brands (the Brand Covenant).

7. Termination

You can leave at any time: Settings → Delete Account. Deletion is immediate and permanent.

We can suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms. For zero-tolerance violations, termination is immediate and permanent with no appeal.

8. Disclaimers and limits

Orbit is provided "as is." We work hard to keep it available, secure, and correct, but we can't promise perfection, including that end-to-end encrypted content is recoverable if you lose your device (it isn't; that's the design).

To the maximum extent allowed by law, our liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

9. Changes

If we materially change these terms, we'll give you at least 14 days' notice via in-app banner and email. Continuing to use Orbit after that means you accept the new terms.

10. Contact

Governing law and dispute-resolution venue to be finalized with counsel before public launch.