Dangerous Organizations

Media.com is committed to providing its users with a trusted and safe online community, which minimizes the risk of harm caused by potentially violent, hateful or unlawful users and associated entities. 

This includes, but is not limited to, terrorist organizations, violent extremist groups, crime syndicates, cyber criminals or individuals that have perpetrated violent or criminal attacks, or any users or entities promoting or facilitating the promotion of such organizations, groups or activities. 

Media.com does not tolerate content that purports to or actually threatens, incites, supports, or glorifies acts of violence, hate or criminal activity. Where we consider this to be a risk or threat to Media.com users or the general public, we take action.

This includes, but is not limited to, terrorist organizations, violent extremist groups, crime syndicates, cyber criminals or individuals who have perpetrated violent or criminal attacks, or any users or entities promoting or facilitating the promotion of such organizations, groups or activities.

Media.com prohibits the use of Media.com by:

• Violent Users or Entities: Defined as groups or individuals targeting humans, animals or essential infrastructure with physical violence or violent rhetoric. This encompasses terrorist organizations, violent extremist groups, perpetrators, facilitators and supporters of violent attacks; and,
• Hateful Users or Entities: These are groups or individuals systematically and intentionally promoting, supporting, or advocating hateful conduct, which includes violence or targeted harassment towards anyone within a protected category, such as: race, ethnicity, color, caste, national origin, immigration status, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious medical condition, and veteran status.

Media.com strictly prohibits:

Affiliation with or promotion of the activities of High Risk Users; those engaging in or promoting violent acts, recruitment activities, or providing/distributing services or support to further the objectives of High Risk Users.

Exceptions to Media.com’s Dangerous Organizations Policy include:

(a) Entities that have reformed, denounced violence and hate, or are engaged in peaceful resolution processes.

(b) State or governmental entities, including those with elected public representatives.

(c) Content relating to High Risk Users that is intended to be educational, documentary, or newsworthy purposes.

(d) Individuals convicted of criminal offenses unrelated to Media.com.

Violations of this policy can be flagged via our reporting tool.

The Media.com platform uses a combination of automated tools and human moderators to identify and remove accounts that may be high risk. Violations may come to our attention through the following methods:

• User Reports: Users can report inappropriate profiles directly through the platform using the “Report” button available on each post or user profile page.
• Regulatory Reports: We receive reports from government agencies that help us identify non-compliant accounts.
• Automated Systems: Our automated systems continuously scan user-generated content for potential violations. When identified, content may be flagged for further review or automatically removed.
• Internal Review: Our team of internal moderators regularly reviews the platform to proactively detect and address violating accounts.

Media.com provides users that have been flagged under this policy with a right to appeal. Appeals will be allowed in exceptional circumstances only.

Media.com is committed to protecting its users and the general public from Dangerous Organizations. We work closely with law enforcement and online safety organizations to address and prevent risks associated with these users. Our aim is to foster a safe and harmonious online environment where users can engage freely without the fear of potential or actual harm.

If Media.com, in its sole discretion, considers content posted on our network to be in violation of any laws, we may share information relating to the offending content with relevant law enforcement agencies in line with our Law Enforcement Liaison Policy.

For more information on specific threats of violence or incidents involving wishing harm upon individuals or groups, please refer to our Bullying and Harassment Policy.