1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, or using Patriot University (accessible at patriot.university)
and any related services, content, or features (collectively, the “Service”), you agree to be bound by
these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree to all of these Terms, do not use the Service.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and IT Influentials, LLC (“Company,”
“we,” “us,” or “our”), the operator of Patriot University. These Terms govern the use of the Service
and any other related agreement or legal relationship with the Company in a legally binding way.

The following documents are incorporated by reference into these Terms:

• Privacy Policy
• Transparency Report
• DMCA Safe Harbor Policy

2. Description of the Service

Patriot University is a free, publicly accessible civic education and civil rights platform providing:

• Constitutional rights guides and educational content
• State-by-state voting rights and registration guides
• Accountability profiles of public officials and entities
• Investigative research tools and methodology guides
• An AI-powered constitutional rights advisor
• Community rapid-response alerts (invite-code access)
• Research corpus search and speech analysis tools

The Service is designed to be anonymous by default. No account, login, or personally identifying
information is required to access core civic education content. Certain interactive features —
specifically commenting on articles — require a registered WordPress account (see
Section 5). Registered users are subject to activity logging as described in
our Privacy Policy.

3. Access & Eligibility

The Service is available to all persons. There are no age restrictions on reading civic education
content. Creating an account to comment requires you to be at least 13 years of age.
Certain features — such as the AI advisor and research tools — may require an invite code
for access. Invite codes are issued at our sole discretion and may be revoked at any time.

You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service complies with all applicable laws
in your jurisdiction.

4. Acceptable Use

The Service may only be used within the scope of what it is provided for, under these Terms and
applicable law. You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Service, other accounts, computer systems,
  or networks connected to the Service
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service
• Use the Service to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights of others
• Use automated tools (bots, scrapers, spiders) to systematically extract content from the Service
  without our written permission, except as permitted by robots.txt directives
• Abuse API rate limits or attempt to overwhelm backend services
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or entity
• Use AI advisor features to generate content that could be used to threaten, intimidate, or harm individuals

We reserve the right to take appropriate measures to protect our legitimate interests, including
restricting access to the Service, terminating invite codes, or reporting misconduct to competent authorities.

5. User Accounts and Registration

Patriot University’s core civic education content is accessible without any account.
However, posting comments on articles requires a registered WordPress account.

5.1 Account Requirements

• You must provide a valid email address and create a username to register.
• You must be at least 13 years old to create an account.
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
• You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• You must promptly notify us at security@patriot.university if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

5.2 Account Data

When you create an account, we store your username, email address, display name, and an encrypted
password hash. For details on how account data is collected, used, and retained, see our
Privacy Policy, Section 5.

6. Comment Policy and Content Standards

Comments on Patriot University are subject to moderation. By posting a comment, you agree to the
following content standards:

6.1 Permitted Comments

• Civil discussion of civic education topics, constitutional rights, and democratic governance
• Factual corrections with cited sources
• Questions about article content
• Constructive criticism and alternative viewpoints, expressed respectfully

6.2 Prohibited Comments

You may not post comments that:

• Contain threats of violence, intimidation, or harassment against any person or group
• Include hate speech targeting individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin
• Contain doxxing (publishing private personal information about another person without consent)
• Constitute spam, commercial solicitation, or off-topic promotional content
• Contain malware, phishing links, or other malicious code
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity
• Violate any applicable law, including defamation, copyright infringement, or incitement
• Contain sexually explicit content
• Coordinate or encourage illegal activity

6.3 Moderation

All first-time comments are held for manual review. Previously approved commenters may
have their comments published immediately, but all comments remain subject to post-publication
review. We reserve the right to edit, remove, or decline to publish any comment that violates
these standards.

6.4 Your Content License

By posting a comment, you grant IT Influentials LLC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
license to display, reproduce, and distribute your comment as part of the Service. You retain
ownership of your comment content. You represent that you have the right to post the content
and that it does not infringe on any third party’s rights.

7. Monitoring and Enforcement

To maintain community safety and enforce these Terms, we monitor registered user commenting
activity as follows:

7.1 What We Log

When you post a comment, we capture extended metadata including your IP address, browser
fingerprint, device characteristics, and session information. When you log in, log out, or
update your profile, we log those events with associated network data. For a complete list
of data points collected, see our Privacy Policy, Section 5.3.

7.2 How We Use Monitoring Data

Monitoring data is used exclusively for:

• Investigating comments flagged as abusive, threatening, or illegal
• Identifying users who create multiple accounts to evade bans (sock puppets)
• Detecting coordinated abuse campaigns
• Responding to valid law enforcement requests about specific commenting activity
• Protecting the safety of our users and community

Monitoring data is never used for advertising, profiling, sale to third parties,
or any purpose other than community safety and Terms enforcement.

7.3 Our Commitment to User Safety

We implemented comment monitoring specifically to protect our users, contributors, and
staff from abuse, harassment, and intimidation. Patriot University covers sensitive civic
topics — constitutional rights, government accountability, voting rights — and we take the safety
of everyone who participates in our community extremely seriously.

This is a civic education platform. Attempts to weaponize our commenting system to harass, threaten,
or silence participants will be met with the full range of enforcement tools available to us,
including referral to law enforcement.

7.4 Enforcement Actions

If you violate these Terms, we may take one or more of the following actions at our sole discretion:

• Remove or edit the offending comment
• Issue a warning to your account
• Place your account on moderation hold (all future comments require manual approval)
• Temporarily suspend your commenting privileges
• Permanently ban your account
• Report illegal activity to law enforcement
• Preserve relevant evidence for potential legal proceedings

7.5 Zero Tolerance for Harassment and Intimidation

Any user found to be violating these Terms — including posting threats, harassment, doxxing,
or illegal content — will be permanently banned from the site.

If evidence demonstrates that a user’s provable intent is to cause harm to individuals
or chill constitutionally protected speech — including attempts to intimidate, threaten,
or retaliate against users for exercising their First Amendment rights — we will report that
activity and provide all relevant evidence to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
We will cooperate fully with any resulting investigation.

7.6 Appeals

If you believe an enforcement action was taken in error, you may appeal by emailing
legal@patriot.university with “Comment Appeal”
in the subject line. We will review appeals within 10 business days.

8. Content & Intellectual Property

8.1 Our Content

All content on the Service — including text, graphics, data compilations, software, images,
and design — is owned by or licensed to IT Influentials, LLC, unless otherwise stated. This content
is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

8.2 Permitted Use

Patriot University content is published for civic education purposes. You may:

• Read, share, and link to content freely for personal, educational, journalistic, or civic organizing purposes
• Quote reasonable excerpts with proper attribution (“Source: Patriot University, patriot.university”)
• Print copies for personal use, community organizing, or educational distribution

8.3 Prohibited Use

You may not:

• Reproduce, republish, or redistribute substantial portions of the Service’s content for commercial purposes without written permission
• Modify, create derivative works from, or otherwise alter content in a way that misrepresents its meaning or source
• Remove copyright notices, attribution, or provenance markings from content
• Use the Service’s content to train AI or machine learning models without written permission

8.4 DMCA

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, please see our
DMCA Safe Harbor Policy for the procedure to submit a takedown notice.

9. AI-Generated Content

The Service includes an AI-powered constitutional rights advisor that uses Anthropic’s Claude API
to generate responses. You expressly understand and agree that:

• AI-generated responses are for informational and educational purposes only and
  do not constitute legal advice, professional counsel, or attorney-client communication
• AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies, omissions, or outdated information
• You should not rely solely on AI advisor output for making legal decisions,
  especially in time-sensitive situations involving law enforcement, immigration, or court proceedings
• You are responsible for independently verifying any information generated by the AI advisor,
  including by consulting a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction
• The AI advisor cannot and does not represent you in any legal proceeding
• Conversations with the AI advisor are not privileged — they do not create
  an attorney-client relationship and are not protected by attorney-client privilege

10. Third-Party Services

The Service integrates with third-party services as described in our
Privacy Policy (Section 6). Your use of features powered by
third-party services is subject to those providers’ respective terms. We are not responsible for:

• The availability, performance, or accuracy of any third-party service
• Changes or discontinuation of third-party services
• Content or data provided by third-party services
• Third-party privacy practices (although we disclose all third-party integrations in our Privacy Policy)

The Service may contain links to external websites. We do not endorse, control, or assume
responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites.

11. Privacy

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy,
which describes what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.
By using the Service, you consent to the data practices described in the Privacy Policy.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE,
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IT INFLUENTIALS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) THE SERVICE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (C) THE CONTENT, INCLUDING AI-GENERATED RESPONSES,
WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT; (D) ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.

12.1 No Legal Advice

Nothing on this Service constitutes legal advice. The civic education content, rights guides,
accountability profiles, and AI advisor responses are provided for informational and educational
purposes only. No attorney-client or professional-client relationship is created by your use of
the Service.

12.2 Accountability Content

Accountability profiles and investigative content are research-based compilations drawn from
public records, court filings, news reporting, and government documents. While we strive for
accuracy and cite our sources, we do not guarantee the completeness or currency of any profile.
If you believe any content is inaccurate, please contact
factcheck@patriot.university.

13. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL IT INFLUENTIALS, ITS OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (A) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE SERVICE; (B) ANY CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AI-GENERATED RESPONSES; (C) UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (D) ANY ACTIONS TAKEN OR DECISIONS MADE BASED ON
CONTENT FROM THE SERVICE.

Because the Service is provided free of charge, our total aggregate liability to you for all claims
arising from or related to the Service shall not exceed fifty US dollars ($50.00).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages.
In those jurisdictions, the above limitations apply to the extent permitted by law.

14. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless IT Influentials, its officers, directors, employees,
agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages, costs, and
liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to:

• Your use or misuse of the Service
• Your violation of these Terms
• Your violation of any rights of any third party
• Any actions taken or decisions made based on the Service’s content, including AI-generated responses

15. Termination & Account Suspension

We may restrict or terminate your access to the Service at any time, without prior notice,
for any reason, including violation of these Terms. Upon termination:

• Any invite codes or access tokens issued to you will be revoked
• Your registered user account may be disabled or deleted
• Sections 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 17 survive termination

15.1 Account Suspension

If your commenting activity violates the Comment Policy or
these Terms, we may at our sole discretion:

• Place your comments on pre-moderation hold
• Temporarily suspend your commenting privileges
• Permanently revoke your commenting privileges
• Disable or delete your registered user account

We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of enforcement actions and the reason,
but we are not obligated to provide advance notice where the violation is severe or ongoing.

15.2 Data After Termination

Upon account termination, your published comments may remain on the Service unless you
request their removal. Extended tracking metadata associated with your account will be
retained for the period specified in our Privacy Policy
and then deleted per our data retention schedule. You may request deletion of your
tracking data at any time by contacting us (see Section 19).

16. Modifications

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with
an updated “Last Updated” date. Material changes that affect your rights will be announced with at
least 30 days’ notice via a prominent notice on the homepage.

Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
If you do not agree with the changes, you should stop using the Service.

17. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia,
United States, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the Service shall be resolved exclusively in the
state or federal courts located in the State of Georgia. You consent to the personal jurisdiction
and venue of such courts.

Exception for Consumers in Europe

The exclusive jurisdiction clause above does not apply to users who qualify as European Consumers,
nor to consumers based in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, or Iceland. If the law of your
country provides for higher applicable consumer protection standards, such higher standards shall prevail.

18. General Provisions

No Waiver

No waiver by IT Influentials of any term or condition shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver
of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition. Any failure to assert a right
or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such invalidity
shall not affect any other provision. The invalid provision will be interpreted to the extent
reasonably required to render it valid and enforceable.

Assignment

We may transfer, assign, or subcontract any rights or obligations under these Terms. You may not
assign or transfer your rights or obligations without our written permission.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Transparency Report, and DMCA Safe Harbor Policy,
constitute the entire agreement between you and IT Influentials regarding the Service.

19. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact:

General inquiries

legal@patriot.university

Privacy inquiries

privacy@patriot.university

Copyright / DMCA

dmca@patriot.university

Mailing address

IT Influentials, LLC
503 Boulevard PL NE Unit B
Atlanta, GA 30308