Guidelines

1. Scope

These guidelines apply to everything you publish on JilTV: emotes (image, name and tags), emote sets, profiles and bios, appeals and reports, and developer apps. They also apply where your content appears in Twitch chats through the browser extension or our API.

German and EU law and Twitch's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines apply as well. Anything prohibited on Twitch is prohibited on JilTV.

2. Image rights

Only upload images you created yourself or have the necessary rights to.

• Other people's works (drawings, photos, frames from films, series or games) need the rights holder's permission. Derivative works such as fan art and memes can infringe rights too; rights holders can report them at any time and we then remove them.
• Logos and brands must not be used in a way that suggests an official connection.
• Photos and recognizable depictions of real people need their consent. Images of private individuals without consent are always removed.
• If someone else drew your emote, credit them with the credits on the emote page.

3. Always prohibited

The following content is prohibited even when marked NSFW or private:

• Any depiction that sexualizes minors. We report such content to law enforcement and ban the account immediately and permanently.
• Pornographic content and explicit nudity.
• Hate and degradation based on ethnicity, skin color, religion, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, illness or age, including insults and slurs in images, names and tags.
• Symbols of unconstitutional or terrorist organizations (such as swastikas and SS runes, § 86a German Criminal Code), and glorification of terror, genocide or extremism, including "ironic" or altered versions.
• Glorification or graphic depiction of violence, gore, animal cruelty and self-harm.
• Harassment, humiliation or threats against specific people, and emotes aimed at a person.
• Other people's personal data such as names, addresses, phone numbers or account details (doxxing).
• Advertising, links, QR codes, scams and content leading to malware or phishing.
• Strong flickering or fast light-dark changes (more than three per second), which can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
• Anything else that is unlawful under German or EU law.

4. NSFW

Mature content that is allowed must be marked NSFW when you upload it or afterwards. This includes, for example, suggestive poses, underwear and swimwear in a sexual context, crude gestures, blood without glorification of violence, and references to drugs or alcohol.

NSFW emotes are never listed publicly. Moderators can mark emotes NSFW if you forgot; repeatedly missing labels can lead to a ban. Content listed under "Always prohibited" is not allowed even when marked NSFW.

5. Names and tags

• Names and tags must not contain anything that would be prohibited as an image, such as slurs, insults or codes for extremist content.
• Names should fit the emote and must not mislead, for example by imitating official emotes from Twitch or other providers.
• Tags describe the emote. No tag lists that only exist to appear in searches.
• Some names are reserved and cannot be used.

6. Spam, duplicates and manipulation

• No mass copies of existing emotes. If an emote already exists, add it to your set instead of uploading it again. Moderators can merge duplicates.
• No uploads only to block names, and no large numbers of uploads without a recognizable purpose.
• No second or fake accounts to evade bans, manipulate popularity (such as favorites) or skew reports.
• No automated access outside our API and its limits. Developers must also follow the notes in the API documentation.
• No false reports: only report what you believe is a violation.

7. Impersonation

Do not pose as other people, streamers, brands or the JilTV team, neither with your profile nor with emotes, sets or bios. Images that fake official JilTV or Twitch badges or roles are prohibited.

8. Technical requirements

• Allowed formats are PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, JPEG and BMP. Large images are scaled down automatically on upload.
• Emotes should be recognizable at chat size (32 pixels high). The aspect ratio may be at most 4:1.
• Zero-width emotes are meant for overlays (such as hats or effects over another emote). Only mark such emotes as zero-width.

9. Personal emotes

Personal emotes appear in every channel you chat in, so they must suit every community: NSFW emotes and emotes that provoke or disrupt other chats are not allowed as personal emotes. Moderators can block an emote from personal use without removing it.

10. Reporting content

When signed in, use the report button on an emote, set or profile page to report violations. Pick a reason (copyright, NSFW, hate, spam, impersonation or other) and briefly describe the problem.

Without an account, as a rights holder or for unlawful content, write to the address in the imprint. To let us act quickly, please include:

• the exact address (URL) of the content,
• why the content is unlawful or breaks these guidelines,
• your name and email address (except for child sexual abuse material),
• for copyright infringements: which work is affected and that you are the rights holder or act on their behalf,
• a statement that your information is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge.

We review every report carefully and objectively (Art. 16 Digital Services Act). We confirm reports sent by email and tell you our decision. The person whose content you report is not told who reported it.

11. Moderation and consequences

Moderators review reports and new uploads. Depending on how serious a violation is, they can:

• remove an emote from public listings or mark it NSFW,
• block an emote from personal use,
• reject an emote: it disappears from all sets and the same file cannot be uploaded again,
• merge duplicate emotes,
• ban an account temporarily or permanently.

For serious violations such as child sexual abuse material, terror or serious threats we ban the account without warning and inform the authorities about crimes. Repeated violations lead to a permanent ban. When your emote is approved or rejected you get a notification; for rejections we give the reason (Art. 17 Digital Services Act). The same applies to imports, which are decided as a whole.

12. Appeals

If your emote was rejected and you think that was wrong, appeal on the emote page and explain why. A moderator reviews the case again; you get the result as a notification. One appeal per emote can be open at a time.

To appeal a ban or other decisions, write to the address in the imprint. We reply as soon as possible, usually within 14 days.

13. Changes

We update these guidelines when needed and announce significant changes on the website. The version published here applies.