The accuracy and trustworthiness of the information shared on our platform is imperative to our mission.

How We Approach Fact-Checking

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

How We Approach Dangerous Organizations

We are deeply committed to protecting our users from sexual abuse and the sharing of non-consensual intimate images.

How We Approach Adult Sexual Abuse

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.

Verification

Championing accurate and reliable information is a cornerstone of our values.

How We Approach Misinformation

We aim to create 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.

Community Content Standards

We’ve created 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.

How We Approach Hate Speech

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.

How We Approach Bullying And Harassment

Maintaining a safe and respectful community for all users is at the forefront of our goals. This guide explains our policies on high-risk users, who may pose a threat to our platform or others.

How We Approach High Risk Users

This guide outlines how we keep these users safe and what behaviors are not allowed on our platform.

Youth Safety

Ensuring that content shared on our platform respects copyright laws is a joint effort. We encourage all users to respect intellectual property rights and share content responsibly, creating a collaborative and legally compliant environment on Media.com.

How We Approach Intellectual Property

We are dedicated to creating a safe space for all users, especially minors. We strictly ban any content or activity that could harm or exploit young people. This includes inappropriate behavior, Inappropriate Content Involving Minors (ICIM), and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

How We Approach Youth Safety

While Media.com verifies all user profiles to enhance accountability, we recognize that not all content may be free from misinformation. We reserve the right to take action should any user-generated content threaten to harm our community or the wider public.

Introduction

When content is flagged by our community, Media.com’s moderation team reviews it. If the content is in breach of our Guidelines, it is likely to be removed. The account responsible for posting the content may have their posting privileges limited or revoked.

How We Review Content

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 that posted the content; and/or,</li><li>permanently block accounts for repeated violations.</li></ul>

Actions We May Take

When Media.com takes 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

While we strive to protect users from misinformation, no platform is completely risk-free. Media.com encourages users to verify any information they come across on our network, especially before making important decisions, including those 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, when user-generated content published on Media.com adversely impacts Media.com users or the general public, we take action.

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 or permanently removed. If content is likely to be false, misleading, harmful or may adversely influence the decisions of others, we may choose to moderate it.Content that is flagged, but is unlikely to be false, misleading, harmful or adverse to the decisions of others, may not be removed. This decision will be made by Media.com’s content moderators at Media.com’s sole discretion.

Review

If Media.com considers of its own accord that content may be false, misleading, harmful or may adversely influence the decisions of others, we reserve the right to:<ol style="list-style-type:lower-latin;"><li>apply clear labels to the content to make Media.com users aware there may be risks associated with the content;</li><li>limit the reach of content 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;&nbsp;</li><li>warn the user(s) that published the offending content; or,</li><li>temporarily suspend the account of the user(s) that published the offending content; and/or, permanently block the account of the user(s) that published the offending content.</li></ol>

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

Transparent Communication

Networks that 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 Endeavors

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 that may be false, misleading, harmful or unreliable.Media.com encourages users to undertake their own verification of information prior to making decisions related to content published on Media.com. This includes business, personal relationships, health &amp; wellbeing, medical, financial and education-related decisions made in reliance of information published by Media.com or Media.com users. &nbsp;

How We Approach Fact-Checking