Defamation, Reputation, Privacy and Personality-Rights Policy

Evidence and language

• Headlines must not be more accusatory than supporting evidence.
• Preserve qualifiers that materially affect meaning.
• Do not infer criminality, diagnoses, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, political affiliation or private conduct from weak signals.
• The existence of a source does not automatically make a harmful allegation safe to repeat.

Affected-person review

An affected person or authorized representative may request review, correction, contextualization, restriction or removal. The appropriate response depends on evidence, public interest, applicable law and competing rights.