Community Guidelines & Code of Conduct

1. Our Vision for Public Discourse

At TruthUpfront, we believe meaningful, truth-seeking journalism is elevated by vibrant and thoughtful community discussion. We welcome rigorous debate, critical dissent, and intellectual challenge, provided they are conducted with mutual respect, civil tone, and evidence-based arguments.

Our community spaces are moderated environments designed to foster knowledge exchange, not platforms for hostility, coordinated manipulation, or harassment.

2. Core Rules of Engagement

All users participating in comment sections, forums, interactive surveys, or community channels must abide by the following standards:

• Civility & Mutual Respect: Personal attacks, ad hominem insults, slurs, hate speech, harassment, stalking, and threats of violence are strictly prohibited and result in immediate termination of commenting privileges.
• Evidence-Based Debate: Challenge ideas, not people. When disputing facts or technical findings presented in our reporting, cite reputable primary sources or empirical data.
• Zero Tolerance for Misinformation: Deliberately fabricating quotes, disseminating debunked health rumors, spreading manipulated media, or sharing coordinated propaganda is forbidden.
• No Commercial Solicitation or Spam: Unsolicited advertisements, affiliate links, self-promotional pitches, referral codes, or repetitive bot-generated comments will be removed automatically.
• Privacy & Anti-Doxxing: Never post personal phone numbers, physical addresses, private emails, financial credentials, or private correspondence belonging to any person.

3. Specialized Domain Rules

Readers participating in discussions on our specialized properties must observe beat-specific standards:

• TruthUpfront Tech (tech.truthupfront.com): No distribution of software piracy links, crack keys, malware payloads, or instructions for bypassing security protections.
• TruthUpfront Health (health.truthupfront.com): No offering amateur medical diagnoses, prescribing pharmacological dosages, or promoting unverified remedies that could endanger patient lives.
• TruthUpfront Business (business.truthupfront.com): No securities pump-and-dump promotion, illegal insider tip sharing, or deceptive cryptocurrency solicitations.

4. Moderation Architecture & Enforcement

To protect community integrity, TruthUpfront enforces a hybrid moderation system combining automated safety filtering with human review: