Medium Rules

Medium is an open platform that exists to share the ideas and viewpoints of the world's most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers.

We welcome the thoughtful and political discussions from a wide range of perspectives. We prohibit specific acts to maintain a safe, respectful and welcomed environment so that a wide range of people can participate in meaningful conversations.

When judging whether or not there is a rule violation, journalistic advantages, the context and nature of published information, the possibility and seriousness of actual damage or potential damage, the history of the account, the applicable law, etc. I will consider.

If you violate our rules, you may be able to result in your account restrictions and the stop of content. The media has the only authority and final decision on whether content or acts violate our rules.

To report a violation:

If you find a post or account that seems to violate these rules on Medium, report. The report button is on the thre e-point menu of each post, reply, and account page.

You can use this form to provide details and report other acts that seem to violate our rules. You can also send an email to Trust@Medium. com.

Block and mute:

If you notice that you are in conflict with other users, we recommend the following:

• Block and proceed to the next. Click here for details about blocks.
• Click here for how to block. Click here for mute.
• Delete the other party's reply from the story. Click here for reply management and disabling.

Rules

The terms of uppercase letters here have the same meaning as those defined in the Medium Terms of Use.

The intimidation of violence and the institution We do not permit the intimidation, encouragement, or allocation of violence directly or indirectly, to anyone.

Hate content We recommend or use races, ethnic, nationality, religion, disability, illness, age, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender, etc. Not allowed. < SPAN> Medium is an open platform that exists to share the ideas and viewpoints of the most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers in the world.

We welcome the thoughtful and political discussions from a wide range of perspectives. We prohibit specific acts to maintain a safe, respectful and welcomed environment so that a wide range of people can participate in meaningful conversations.

When judging whether or not there is a rule violation, journalistic advantages, the context and nature of published information, the possibility and seriousness of actual damage or potential damage, the history of the account, the applicable law, etc. I will consider.

If you violate our rules, you may be able to result in your account restrictions and the stop of content. The media has the only authority and final decision on whether content or acts violate our rules.

If you find a post or account that seems to violate these rules on Medium, report. The report button is on the thre e-point menu of each post, reply, and account page.

• You can use this form to provide details and report other acts that seem to violate our rules. You can also send an email to Trust@Medium. com.
• If you notice that you are in conflict with other users, we recommend the following:
• Block and proceed to the next. Click here for details about blocks.
• Click here for how to block. Click here for mute.

Delete the other party's reply from the story. Click here for reply management and disabling.

• The terms of uppercase letters here have the same meaning as those defined in the Medium Terms of Use.
• The intimidation of violence and the institution We do not permit the intimidation, encouragement, or allocation of violence directly or indirectly, to anyone.
• Hate content We recommend or use races, ethnic, nationality, religion, disability, illness, age, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender, etc. Not allowed. Medium is an open platform that exists to share the ideas and viewpoints of the world's most insightful writers, thinkers, and storytellers.
• We welcome the thoughtful and political discussions from a wide range of perspectives. We prohibit specific acts to maintain a safe, respectful and welcomed environment so that a wide range of people can participate in meaningful conversations.

When judging whether or not there is a rule violation, journalistic advantages, the context and nature of published information, the possibility and seriousness of actual damage or potential damage, the history of the account, the applicable law, etc. I will consider.

• If you violate our rules, you may result in your account restrictions and the stop of content. The media has the only authority and final decision on whether content or acts violate our rules.
• If you find a post or account that seems to violate these rules on Medium, report. The report button is on the thre e-point menu of each post, reply, and account page.
• You can use this form to provide details and report other acts that seem to violate our rules. You can also send an email to Trust@Medium. com.
• If you notice that you are in conflict with other users, we recommend the following:
• Block and proceed to the next. Click here for details about blocks.
• Click here for how to block. Click here for mute.
• Delete the other party's reply from the story. Click here for reply management and disabling.
• The terms of uppercase letters here have the same meaning as those defined in the Medium Terms of Use.
• The intimidation of violence and the institution We do not permit the intimidation, encouragement, or allocation of violence directly or indirectly, to anyone.

Hate content We recommend or use races, ethnic, nationality, religion, disability, illness, age, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender, etc. Not allowed.

We do not allow individuals and group violence, pain, pain, abuse, death, praise, contempt, and involved posts or accounts. This includes scientific or pseud o-scientific assertions, or misleading statistics, which can be treated, discouraged, and disliked others. We do not allow intolerance, exclusion, isolation calls based on protected characteristics, and the beautification of a group that performs any of the above.

We are an abusive language that intends to weaken, reduce, or strengthen the negative or harmful stereotypes of protected classes, carriers, and other content with other content. We do not allow an account. For example, it includes the content that targets, intentionally misunderstood, blindly misleading transgender people, and harmful healthy discriminatory expressions.

We do not allow hatred text, images, symbols, and other content, including user names, profiles, and backgrounds.

Harassment media exists to share and discuss ideas. We do not allow the following harassment:

Posting someone to threaten, intimidate, ridicule, bully, or post that encourages others to act.

To conduct a harassment campaign that repeats or focuses on a certain individual or a group.

Use disdainful words, racist slander, or obscene words to discourage or attack someone or people.

• Use Medium's reply, private notebooks, reports, followers, lists, tags, requests, etc. in a way to harass and bother someone or to attract your content on your content on Medium. thing.
• Privacy and reputation do not allow the following:
• Post a private communication image, recording, copy, and link between individuals without explicit consent of all the parties of communication. Names and other information do not replace the need to secure rights.
• Doxing is not only a private or unclear personal information, but also a public to target individuals or groups, be ashamed, threatened, harassed, threatened, threatened, or exposed to dangers. It also includes consolidating possible information.
• Delicious of intimate or explicit images taken or published without the explicit consent of the subject
• Contents that infringe the privacy or personal safety of others, including credit card numbers, social security numbers, private phone numbers, physical addresses, email addresses, private data, and other similar information such as similar information.
• Restricted Categories We do not allow posts or accounts that engage in the following restricted categories of activity:
• Promoting controversial, questionable, or extreme content. To learn more about these policies, please visit our Help Center.

Promoting gambling or betting

Encouraging the buying or selling of social media interactions, including off-platform

Promoting sexual services

Encouraging the infringement of copyright or other intellectual property rights

• Encouraging or evidence of violations of the terms of use of the device or any third party
• Providing business or product reviews in an unfairly harmful or abusive manner
• Encouraging illegal piracy (e. g., credential theft, privacy violations)
• Promoting pseudoscience, misinformation, or other content contrary to public health or safety

Related Conduct We do not allow content or accounts that engage in targeting, harassment, hate speech, violence, or misinformation campaigns, on, off, or across platforms. We may consider off-platform conduct to evaluate Medium accounts and restrict access to or use of such accounts.

• Graphic Content We do not allow the posting, linking to, or other promotion of pornographic images or videos. We allow erotic writing and non-graphic erotic images.
• Medium is a large network, and posts may be seen by all types of readers. Please be considerate of unintended viewers when selecting images.
• We do not allow gratuitously graphic or distracting media, regardless of subject matter.

Exploitation of Minors We do not allow content that promotes sexual, violent, or other exploitation of minors, including fictional sexual depictions of minors.

Promotion and Glorification of Self-Harm We do not allow content or activity that promotes, encourages, or glorifies self-harm, including cutting, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, and suicide. If you encounter a user who is considering or threatening to self-harm, please report it.

• Duplicate Content We do not allow duplicate copies of the same content posted on Medium, whether from a single account or across multiple accounts, as public or unregistered stories. (You are permitted to cross-post content from your blog to Medium only if you own the rights to the content)
• Spam and Site Abuse We do not allow spam or abuse of Medium. All spam and abuse will be removed from Medium immediately and without notice. Examples of spam and abuse include:
• Publishing content primarily to drive traffic or boost search rankings for external websites, products, or services.

Scraping and republishing content from other sources with the primary purpose of generating revenue or other personal gain.

• Posting duplicate content from one account or multiple accounts.
• Stories from which content has been excised for the purpose of linking to a continuation of the article on another website.
• Engaging in a disproportionate number of interactions, especially by automated means. This includes mass or indiscriminate interactions such as following other accounts (follow spam), clapping, highlighting, leaving notes, tagging content, etc.

Repeated use of replies, reports, or other interactions as a method of promotion or marketing.

Prohibitions on Use of the Services

Participating in reward campaigns or brigades to artificially boost the rankings of posts, accounts, companies, or products.

Using or reusing content templates with minor modifications across multiple posts or accounts.

For each of these actions, when we say "content," we mean not just posts, but any other feature that allows you to add your own text or multimedia. "Interaction" means the ability for users to interact with other people and their posts.

Copyright and Trademark Infringement Respect the copyright and trademark rights of others. Medium requires that users have permission to post the content they post on Medium, in accordance with our Terms of Use. In addition, we have a specific policy regarding plagiarism that all Medium accounts adhere to. Users found to be violating our copyright provisions will not be subject to notice, review, or reinstatement. Removal for copyright violations is not grounds for reinstatement.

We will respond to notices of alleged infringement as described in our Terms of Use, Copyright and DMCA Policy, and Trademark Policy.

Deceptive Behavior We do not permit deceptive behavior on Medium. This includes:

Posting content in a way that may deceive people or impersonate a person or organization. Parody and satire are fine, but make it clear that that is what you are doing. Our Username Policy has specific requirements for parody accounts.

Use Medium for phishing or scams. Do not use tags, links, titles, or other metadata in a misleading way. Do not link to or embed in your posts any malicious or harmful code or software.

Use deception to generate revenue or traffic.

Use of custom domain features

If you receive free products, services, or valuable items in connection with the theme of the post, you must clarify it.

Advertising, promotion, marketing

First party advertisements are allowed, and you can advertise and links to your own business, website, mailing list, and fundraising activities.

No thir d-party ads or sponsorship are accepted. Through intermediate posts, publications, and news letters, thir d-party products, services, and brands cannot be promoted or promoted. This includes images indicating the brand sponsorship as part of post, newsletter, publishing name and logo.

Affiliate links such as links to Amazon with affiliate code and other links to receive commissions or other values ​​are allowed in the post. However, it is necessary to disclose the fact that these links are included by the Federal Trade Commission Law. This can be a simple sentence for footer. (See FTC rules and guides for further guidance).

How to report a violation

In order to ensure the privacy and security of the collected users of embedded content and personal information, the embedded content must comply with the following requirements. Embeddings include links, forms, information or other content requests.

If you break the rules

It directly embeds data collection through mediu m-type fields, comments, or other o n-site media. This includes embedded email addresses, credit card information, or other personal information. If you want to collect information from readers, you should follow these requirements:

Notice

If you link from your post on Medium to the hosted form elsewhere, the form is no longer on the Medium network, and the information disclosed by users And it is necessary to clarify that it will be the subject of the privacy policy,

Appeals

If a link guides users to your own platform to subscribe to your newsletter, blog, or other content you have created, it's a medium content right next to the link. You have to disclose that the link will leave the user from the middle.

Government Takedown Requests

If your content contains a form that sends user information to you or third party, the form is right next to the form or in the form, the form of this privacy and terms of use other than your medium. You must disclose the user information to a third party outside the medium, or to send user information directly from a third party outside the media.

Paid, automatic, large, or no n-regular interaction this media depends on various user behavior, such as tracking and applause, determines the content to be displayed, and makes the site function well for everyone. We do not allow artificial actions such as distorting this system and reducing or distorting other users.

Buying or trading or trading accounts or account interactions (including the number of browsing, number of browsing, number of views, applause, number of tags, number of tags, number of reply)).

Use services, applications, or settings that increase the number of views or the number of browsing, number of watches, applause, and other interactions of content on your account or Medium.

Account registration, content posting, or interaction by automatic, systematic, or schedule with users or content