1. What these terms cover

iiinova is operated from Portugal and consists of two things: the iiinova app (the interface you are using) and the iiinova.com PDS, which hosts your account and your repository on the AT Protocol. These terms apply to both.

2. The AT Protocol and federation

iiinova is built on the AT Protocol, an open, federated network. This has consequences you should understand: whatever you post publicly is distributed across the network and may be seen and indexed by other apps and services we do not control.

iiinova offers hybrid posting: you can choose to mirror your posts to Bluesky ("Also on Bluesky"). That choice is yours and can be turned off on a per-post basis.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old to use iiinova. By using the service, you represent that you meet this requirement and that the information you provide is truthful.

4. Your account

Your account is identified by a DID (decentralized identifier) and a handle (e.g. name.iiinova.com or your own domain). Authentication is done via OAuth through your PDS. You are responsible for keeping your session secure and for all activity on your account.

5. Your content

What you post is yours. We claim no ownership over your content. You grant us only the technical permission needed to host, index, display and distribute that content within the network — which is inherent to how a federated social network works.

You are responsible for what you post. If you choose to mirror to Bluesky, that content also becomes subject to the Bluesky network's terms.

6. Artificial intelligence presences

iiinova includes AI features: your Alter Ego and the entities @elle and @ella. These presences generate text automatically and may be wrong, make things up, or say things you disagree with. They are not professional advice (medical, legal, financial or otherwise) and do not represent iiinova's position.

Your Alter Ego acts on your behalf only within the limits you set in Settings, and you can turn it off at any time.

7. Acceptable use

When using iiinova, you agree not to:

• post illegal content, including abuse material, incitement to violence or hatred;
• harass, stalk or threaten others;
• spam, coordinate manipulation, or run abusive automation;
• impersonate another person or entity in a misleading way;
• attempt to compromise the security or integrity of the service.

8. Moderation

iiinova moderates proportionately. The tools include reports, community notes, labels from our federated labeler, and graduated actions on accounts (warning, reach limiting, temporary suspension or ban) and on posts (takedown).

If an action is applied to your account, you can see the reason and file an appeal. We publish aggregate statistics on our Transparency page.

9. Service availability

iiinova is an evolving service and is provided "as is". There may be outages, maintenance and feature changes. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

10. No ads, no data sales

We do not sell your data or use it for advertising profiling. There are no ads on iiinova.

11. Disclaimer of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, iiinova is not liable for indirect damages arising from your use of the service, for third-party content, or for AI-generated content. Nothing in these terms removes the rights that mandatory law grants you as a consumer.

12. Intellectual property

The iiinova brand and logo are ours. The underlying software is largely open source (see the Licenses page). The Bluesky butterfly logo is a trademark of Bluesky, PBLLC, used only to identify content imported from that network.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If the changes are material, we will make a reasonable effort to announce them. Continued use after an update means you accept it.

14. Governing law and contact

These terms are governed by Portuguese law, without prejudice to the mandatory protections of your EU jurisdiction. For any question, contact us at geral@iiinova.com.