community guidelines
Shared behavior standards
Community guidelines are the rules a platform sets for acceptable behavior and content.
Most social media sites, forums, and online services publish community guidelines that users agree to follow.
Violations—harassment, hate speech, spam, illegal content—may result in warnings, removed posts, or banned accounts.
Your video was taken down for violating community guidelines.
- bansOfficial restrictions imposed
- zero tolerancePolicy allowing no infractions
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
respect · courtesy · integrity · inclusion · constructive criticism · appeals process · report button · warnings · user agreement · cultural sensitivity · forums · empathy · safety · privacy protection · users · conduct · fairness · terms
- community managementmoderation, engagement, forums, discord servers, code of conduct
- content controlcontent filter, parental controls, block list, age restriction, profanity filter
- gaming regulationage ratings, ESRB, parental controls, age restrictions, content filtering
- media rulesbroadcast standards, decency standards, censorship laws, content moderation, rating systems
- online forumsforums, forum, message board, message boards, discussion board
- platform rulesterms of service, content moderation, user agreement, acceptable use, moderation
community guidelineslaws
Enforceable societal rules
legislation · statutes · legal code · criminal law · constitutional law
community guidelinesno rules
free-for-all · anything goes · lawlessness · anarchy · no holds barred
community guidelinestrolling
Provoking reactions online
harassment · hate speech · antisocial behavior · griefing · spam