At Oregon Public Broadcasting, we value our communities’ voices. To support thoughtful and inclusive discourse, we ask everyone engaging on our online platforms to remain respectful.
We reserve the right to remove or hide comments that violate this policy. Repeated violations may result in a ban from an OPB social media page. If you have questions about our online community or moderation, reach out to us through the OPB Member Center.
Our commenting guidelines include but are not limited to:
Hate speech
Comments containing racial slurs, homophobic language, or threats against individuals or groups based on identity.
Includes but is not limited to: Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism, antisemitism and islamophobia.
Harassment and personal attacks
Targeting someone with abusive language, insults, or personal attacks or defamatory content. Includes threats or celebrations of violence. Patterns of behavior can amount to harassment.
Includes cyberbullying: Online harassment directed at a specific person, or involving public humiliation.
Misinformation and disinformation
Sharing false or misleading information, links or conspiracies that are likely to contribute to the risk of imminent physical harm or that directly contributes to interference with the functioning of political processes. Providing false information or speculation that causes harm.
Trolling
Intentionally posting provocative or disruptive comments, memes or images to incite conflict or derail conversations, or are off topic and do not contribute to fruitful dialogue.
Doxxing
Posting personal information of OPB staff members or others without their consent with the goal of embarrassing, intimidating, or causing harm to the individual.
Explicit content
Posting graphic images, nudity, or sexually suggestive content; lewd/crude posts.
Spam and personal promotion
Repeatedly posting irrelevant or promotional content, or links to external websites.
Bots and scams
Nonsensical, spammy, phishing, or fraudulent content intended to deceive users.
