At Media.com, we are committed to ensuring the accuracy and trustworthiness of the information shared on our platform. While we verify user profiles to enhance accountability, we recognize that not all content may be free from misinformation. We respect diverse opinions but will take action if any user-generated content threatens to harm our users or the wider public.

Fact Checking

At Media.com, we are dedicated to keeping our community safe from harmful, violent, or unlawful users and groups. We do not allow any content that threatens, promotes, or glorifies violence, hate, or criminal activity. Our goal is to maintain a secure online space for everyone.

Dangerous Organizations

At Media.com, we are deeply committed to protecting our users from sexual abuse and the sharing of non-consensual intimate images. We understand the serious violation this represents and will take immediate action to ensure user safety and privacy.

Adult Sexual Abuse

At Media.com, our mission is restore public trust in online information. We aim to achieve this by providing a platform for viewing, publishing, and sharing content from trusted and verified sources. To help maintain the integrity of our network, we offer profile verification for individuals and organizations wishing to post content on Media.com.

Verified Accounts

At Media.com, we are committed to sharing accurate and reliable information, especially during critical times like global crises. Our goal is to prevent the spread of false or misleading information that could cause harm, especially to people affected by these situations.

Misinformation

At Media.com, we’re committed to creating a space that’s positive, respectful, and informative for everyone. These guidelines will help you understand how to contribute to our community while ensuring the integrity of discussions and respect for others.

Content Creation Standards

At Media.com, we want to create a space where everyone can share their thoughts freely, while feeling safe and respected. To do this, we have a zero-tolerance policy against hate speech, which can lead to intimidation, exclusion, or even harm.

Hate Speech

At Media.com, we want everyone to feel safe and respected. Bullying or harassment is not allowed on our platform. These guidelines explain what bullying and harassment look like and how we handle these situations to keep our community secure.

Bullying And Harassment

At Media.com, we work closely with law enforcement and government agencies to ensure safety while respecting our users' privacy. These guidelines explain how we handle requests from law enforcement and official bodies and what steps we take to protect both our users and the integrity of our platform.

Law Enforcement Liaison

At Media.com, we are dedicated to maintaining a safe and respectful community for all users. This guide explains our policies on high-risk users, who may pose a threat to our platform or others.

High Risk Users

At Media.com, we take the safety and protection of minors very seriously. This guide outlines how we keep young users safe and what behaviors are not allowed on our platform.

Youth Safety

Media.com is committed to ensuring that content shared on our platform respects copyright laws. This policy applies to all content posted on Media.com.

Intellectual Property

At Media.com, we are committed to ensuring the accuracy and trustworthiness of the information shared on our platform. While we verify user profiles to enhance accountability, we recognize that not all content may be free from misinformation.We respect diverse opinions but will take action if any user-generated content threatens to harm our users or the wider public.

Introduction

We use smart tools and user reports to spot potential misinformation. If you come across content that seems false, misleading, harmful, or could negatively influence others, we encourage you to report it.

How We Detect Misinformation

When content is flagged, our moderation team reviews it. Depending on the situation, they may choose to:<ul><li>Moderate the content.</li><li>Review it via a third-party fact-checker.</li><li>Remove it if necessary.</li><li>If the content doesn’t seem harmful or misleading, it may not be fact-checked or moderated. The final decision rests with our moderation team.</li></ul>

How We Review Content

We work with a team of independent, impartial fact-checkers who adhere to global standards. They use reliable sources, data analysis, and expert opinions to verify content. Content that gains a lot of attention is more likely to be fact-checked.

Our Fact-Checking Process

If content is found to be false, misleading, or harmful, we may:<ul><li>Add labels warning users about potential misinformation.</li><li>Limit the content's visibility.</li><li>Share credible information alongside the content.</li><li>Remove the content.</li><li>Warn or suspend the user who posted the content.</li><li>Permanently block accounts for repeated violations.</li></ul>

Actions We May Take

If you believe a moderation decision was unfair, you can appeal. Our appeals process is designed to maintain trust and safety across the platform. Appeals decisions are final.

Appeals Process

When we take action on flagged content, we will notify the user(s) and explain the outcome. We aim to provide clear and timely updates to help guide future posts.

Communication and Transparency

We are committed to protecting users from harmful misinformation. When necessary, we cooperate with law enforcement to address content that violates the law.

Working with Law Enforcement

While we strive to protect users from misinformation, no platform is completely risk-free. We encourage users to verify any information they come across on Media.com, especially before making important decisions related to business, personal relationships, health, finances, or education.

Our Commitment

Media.com is dedicated to the integrity, accuracy and reliability of information on our network. Our mandatory profile verification processes help make Media.com users accountable for the content they post. This lowers the potential risk of misinformation on our network, however it does not mean content on Media.com is risk-free.Media.com recognizes and is supportive of different viewpoints on topics however where user-generated content published on Media.com risks adversely impacting Media.com users or the general public, we may take action.

Media.com uses advanced algorithms to detect potential misinformation by analyzing user interactions, patterns, and community reports. We encourage Media.com’s users to report potential misinformation where the content might be considered to be false, misleading, harmful or may adversely influence the decisions of others.

Detection

In the first instance of a report, Media.com’s content moderation team will review the content that has been flagged to determine whether it should be moderated, referred to one of our preferred third-party fact checkers for verification, or removed.Content which is flagged but is unlikely to be false, misleading, harmful or adverse to the decisions of others may not be moderated or fact-checked. This decision will be made by Media.com’s content moderators at Media.com’s sole discretion.If the content is likely to be false, misleading, harmful or may adversely influence the decisions of others, we may choose to moderate it and/or refer it to a third-party to be fact-checked, or removed.

Review

Media.com has a panel of third-party, impartial fact-checking organizations it may defer to so that content can be fact-checked. These organizations are independently owned and operated and adhere to international fact-checking standards. Our fact-checkers employ various methods, including cross-referencing credible sources, data analysis, and expert consultation, to ascertain the accuracy of content referred to them by Media.com.Content which has been or is likely to be viewed by a substantial number of users in a short period of time is more likely to be referred to fact-checkers than content which is viewed or likely to be viewed by fewer users.

Independent fact-checkers

If Media.com considers of its own accord or as a result of feedback from its independent third-party fact checkers that content may be false, misleading, harmful or may adversely influence the decisions of others, we may:<ol style="list-style-type:lower-latin;"><li>apply clear labels to the content to make Media.com’s users aware there may be risks associated with the content;</li><li>limit the reach of content including by decreasing its visibility in Media.com’s feed;</li><li>publish credible information alongside the content to make users aware of alternative viewpoints;</li><li>remove the content;</li><li>warn the user(s) who published the offending content;</li><li>temporarily suspend the account of the user(s) who published the offending content; and/or permanently block the account of the user(s) who published the offending content.</li></ol>

Actions we may take

Media.com offers a transparent appeals process which allows our users to contest content moderation decisions and in some instances, submit revised content for re-evaluation.Appeals decisions are at Media.com’s sole discretion and are aimed at maintaining the trust, safety and integrity of the Media.com network.

Appeals

When Media.com decides to take action in respect of user-generated content, we inform the user(s) about the process and its outcome. We aim to notify users promptly and with accurate information to help guide future content publishing decisions.

Transparent communication

Media.com is committed to protecting our users and the general public from misinformation and disinformation. We work closely with law enforcement and online safety organizations to address and prevent risks associated with misinformation and disinformation. Our aim is to foster a safe and harmonious online environment where users are safe to consume information published on Media.com.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 <a href="https://media.com">Law Enforcement Liaison Policy</a>.

Law enforcement

Networks which host user-generated content like Media.com and others are prone to the risk of misinformation and disinformation. Media.com remains committed to using best endeavors to protect its users from the harm of misinformation and disinformation, however this does not mean consuming content on Media.com is risk-free.

Best endeavours

Users should be aware that consuming content on networks like Media.com carries with it the risk of making decisions or forming views based on information which may be false, misleading, harmful or unreliable.Media.com encourages users to undertake their own verification of information prior to making decisions in reliance of content published on Media.com. This includes business, personal relationship, health &amp; wellbeing, medical, financial and education-related decisions made in reliance of information published by Media.com or Media.com’s users.