Netiquette for the profiles of Terre des Hommes Germany
There is no place for hate on our channels!
We wish:
- Enriching posts: Discussions that expand on the topic of the post and offer new information and perspectives.
- Respectful interaction: A pleasant and polite atmosphere for discussion.
- Factual discussions: Even when dealing with emotional topics, discussions should remain factual and respectful.
We invite you to actively participate in shaping this discussion environment. Politely disagree with us and report violations of our netiquette to promote respectful interaction.
Posts that violate netiquette may be deleted and hidden. In particular, we do not tolerate posts containing the following content:
- Child protection
- Content that portrays children in an inappropriate manner or endangers their well-being.
- Content that violates children's rights or could endanger them.
- Images and videos for which we do not have the consent of the people depicted.
- Insults and slander
- Insulting, defamatory or libelous statements or representations.
- Defamatory statements towards individuals, groups or organisations.
- Denigration of groups of people based on origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation or other personal characteristics.
- glorification of violence
- Depictions of cruel or inhuman violence against humans or animals.
- Content that promotes sexual or violent exploitation of people.
- Content that violates human dignity.
- Hate and discrimination
- Contributions that could provoke racism, fanaticism, hatred or psychological or physical violence.
- Content that threatens the safety or well-being of other people.
- Glorification of war and genocide denial
- Content that glorifies war or incites genocide.
- Denial or trivialization of acts of genocide under National Socialist rule.
- Extremist content and propaganda
- Content, photos and symbols of organizations or their subdivisions that have been classified as extremist by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
- Religiously or politically extreme content. This includes discourses, programs, and ideologies that implicitly or explicitly oppose fundamental values and procedural rules of democratic constitutional states.
- Copyright infringements
- Posting photos or videos without clear authorship or necessary rights.
- Content with prohibited symbols.
- Unauthorized advertising and spam
- Advertising for goods or services that may not be advertised in Germany or in the form presented, e.g. prescription drugs.
- Advertising messages, chain messages or repetitive comments.
- Off-topic content
- Texts, photos or sharepics with no recognizable connection to our postings.
- Uncommented links and references to websites with the above-mentioned content.
- Links where we cannot verify within a reasonable timeframe whether they are trustworthy sources.
- Foreign language content
- Articles or links in foreign languages whose content we cannot adequately verify or which exceed our editorial capacities.
We reserve the right to delete or report posts and accounts that violate these rules. Posts that may be considered criminal offenses may be prosecuted.
These rules are intended to ensure a respectful and productive discussion environment.
We look forward to working together!