This section contains information on how we use your data as well appropriate behavior on the Man Matters Community section according to the User Generated content standard policies.
The Community section is designed for a collaborative and progressive conversation on men’s health and wellbeing and is intended to progress open and respectful conversation and hence, avoiding any form of bullying, disrespect, vulgarities, abuse, harrassment and so forth. We intend for this community to have only users who will enable and help other people and anyone disobeyed the code of conduct on community will be removed.
(a) Do not harass others or organize, promote, or participate in harassment.Disagreements happen and are normal, but making continuous, repetitive, or severe negative comments or circumventing a block or ban can cross the line into harassment and is not okay.
(b) Do not organize, promote, or participate in hate speech or hateful conduct.It’s unacceptable to attack a person or a community based on attributes such as their race, ethnicity, caste, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender presentation, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, age, serious illness, disabilities, or other protected classifications.
(c) Do not make threats of violence or threaten to harm others.This includes indirect or suggestive threats, as well as sharing or threatening to share someone’s personally identifiable information (also known as doxxing).
(d) Do not use Man Matters for the organization, promotion, or support of violent extremism.You can read how we define violent extremism here. This also includes glorifying violent events, the perpetrators of violent acts, or similar behaviors.
(e) Do not sexualize children in any way:You cannot share content or links which depict children in a pornographic, sexually suggestive, or violent manner, including illustrated or digitally altered pornography that depicts children (such as lolicon, shotacon, or cub) and conduct grooming behaviors. We report illegal content and grooming to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
- We strongly discourage and may take action against vigilante behavior, as it can interfere with our investigation and ability to report to law enforcement.
(f) Do not share sexually explicit content of other people without their consent,or promote the sharing of non-consensual intimate materials (images, video, or audio), sometimes known as revenge porn.
(g) Do not share content that glorifies or promotes suicide or self-harm,including any encouragement to others to cut themselves or embrace eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia.
- Self-harm threats used as a form of emotional manipulation or coercion are also prohibited.
(h) Do not share real media depicting gore, excessive violence, or animal harm, especially with the intention to harass or shock others.
(i) Do not share content that violates anyone's intellectual property or other rights.
(j) Do not share sexually explicit images, videos etc.
(k) Do not share false or misleading information (otherwise known as misinformation).Content that is false, misleading, and can lead to significant risk of physical or societal harm may not be shared on Man Matters . We may remove content if we reasonably believe its spread could result in damage to physical infrastructure, injury of others, obstruction of participation in civic processes, or the endangerment of public health.
(l) Do not coordinate or participate in malicious impersonation of an individual or an organization.Satire and parody are okay.
(m) Do not engage in activities intended to cause damage or gain unauthorized access to another user's account, network, or system. This includes impersonating Man Matters staff, distributing malware, authentication token theft, phishing, DDOS, and other hacking or social engineering techniques.
(n) Do not distribute or provide access to content involving the hacking, cracking, or distribution of stolen goods, pirated content, or accounts. This includes sharing or selling game cheats or hacks.
(o) Do not use Man Matters to spam, manipulate engagement, or disrupt other people’s experience,including trying to to influence or disrupt conversations using bots, fake accounts, multiple accounts, or other automation. This includes purchasing or selling methods of artificially increasing membership, such as via advertisements or botting.
(p) Do not organize, promote, or engage in any illegal or dangerous behavior,such as sexual solicitation, human trafficking, and selling or facilitating the sale of prohibited or potentially dangerous goods (firearms, ammunition, drugs, and controlled substances). These activities are likely to get you kicked off Man Matters , and may get you reported to law enforcement.
(q) Do not mislead Man Matters’s support teams.Do not make false or malicious reports to Trust & Safety or Customer Support; send multiple reports about the same issue; or ask a group of users to report the same content or issue. These behaviors may result in action being taken on your account.