Blips News aggregates articles, videos, and reels from third-party sources and adds AI-generated summaries and chat. These terms explain the boundaries around that service and your use of it.
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Blips News mobile application and this website (collectively, the "Service"). Blips News is operated by Husni Consulting Inc. ("we", "us", "our"). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
If you use features in Blips News that display, access, or interact with YouTube content, you also agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service.
Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use Blips News. By using the Service, you represent that you meet this age requirement. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms on your behalf.
Service description
Blips News is a news feed application that aggregates links and metadata from third-party sources (including news sites and YouTube channels), may display embedded YouTube playback and ad placements in some app experiences, and provides AI-generated summaries and an AI chat feature to help you understand and discuss the content.
Third-party content
- All articles, videos, and reels displayed in Blips News are owned by their respective publishers and are subject to their terms and copyright.
- Blips News provides links, metadata, and summaries. It does not claim ownership of third-party content.
- Some videos and reels are played through embedded YouTube players. Your use of embedded YouTube content may also be subject to YouTube's terms, privacy policy, and community rules.
- We are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or legality of third-party content.
- When you open an external link, the third party's terms and privacy policy apply.
AI-generated content
Blips News uses artificial intelligence (powered by Mistral AI and OpenAI) to generate article summaries, conversation starters, and chat responses. You acknowledge that:
- AI-generated summaries and responses may contain inaccuracies, omissions, or errors. They are provided for informational convenience only.
- AI output should not be relied upon as a substitute for reading the original source material.
- Chat conversations are processed by third-party AI providers. Do not share sensitive, confidential, or personally identifiable information in chat messages.
- We do not guarantee the availability, accuracy, or completeness of AI features.
Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws.
- Attempt to disrupt, overload, or interfere with the Service or its infrastructure.
- Circumvent rate limits, authentication mechanisms, or other security measures.
- Scrape, copy, or redistribute content from the Service in violation of third-party rights.
- Use automated tools (bots, scrapers) to access the Service beyond normal app usage.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access for users who violate these Terms.
Objectionable content & abuse
Blips News has zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behaviour. When you interact with the AI chat or any other input field in the app, you agree not to generate, request, distribute, or attempt to elicit content that is:
- Unlawful, threatening, harassing, defamatory, or invasive of another person's privacy.
- Obscene, sexually explicit, or sexualizing minors in any way.
- Hateful or discriminatory toward any group based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristic.
- Promoting or glorifying violence, self-harm, terrorism, or illegal activity.
- Designed to deceive, defraud, or impersonate another person or organization.
- Intended to bypass, jailbreak, or circumvent the safety filters of the AI providers we use.
Violations of this section may result in immediate suspension or permanent termination of your access to the Service, without notice, in addition to any other remedies available to us at law. We cooperate with law enforcement where appropriate.
Reporting & moderation
Every article, video, reel, and AI chat response in Blips News includes a Report action so you can flag content you believe violates these Terms. You can also long-press a piece of content to block content from a particular source or creator, which removes it from your feed immediately.
We commit to reviewing flagged content within 24 hours. Where a report is upheld, we will remove the offending content and may suspend or terminate the access of any user who generated it. To report content outside the app, or to appeal a moderation decision, contact support@blips.tech.
In addition to user reports, AI chat input and output are filtered server-side using the safety mechanisms of our AI providers (Mistral AI and OpenAI). Content that the filters classify as objectionable is blocked before it reaches you.
Intellectual property
The Blips News app, its design, code, and branding are the property of Husni Consulting Inc. Third-party content remains the property of its respective owners. Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights to our intellectual property beyond the limited right to use the Service as intended.
Privacy
Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes the data we collect and how we use it.
Disclaimer of warranties
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Husni Consulting Inc. and its officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, revenue, or profits, arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the Service.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Husni Consulting Inc. from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of the Service or violation of these Terms.
Modifications to the service
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time without prior notice. We are not liable to you or any third party for any such changes.
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the revised Terms on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Contact
Questions about these Terms? Contact support@blips.tech.