• Courtesy: You will be courteous to every NewsTrust member, even those whose beliefs you do not share.


• No Disruptive Behavior: You will not disrupt or interfere with NewsTrust ratings, discussions, or other community functions. You will not engage in hate speech, advocate violence, or attempt to convert another member's views.


• No Offensive Material: You will not post any offensive material, whether it is insulting or derogative comments about newsmakers, journalists, publications featured on NewsTrust or other members, or any content of a sexually explicit or pornographic nature, or any materials that might reasonably be perceived as offensive by members of the public.


• No Solicitation: You will not use this community site to advertise or solicit on behalf of commercial, political, religious, charitable or other organizations, causes, products or services.


• No Copyrighted Material: You will not post on the NewsTrust sites any copyrighted material without the express permission of its owner. However, you may include in your posts or reviews the title of a news item you wish to share with other members, as well as its web address and a brief excerpt (max. 100 words).


• No Copying: You will not reproduce material from NewsTrust (including member posts) without express written permission from NewsTrust.


• Privacy: You will not collect or use information about members of this site without their express permission. (see our privacy policy)


• Contact Information: You will provide your full name and a valid email address in your NewsTrust registration. Your email address will be hidden from other members, unless you choose to show it in your profile. However, NewsTrust staff must be able to contact you by email if necessary, to discuss your account. If the email address in your profile is not valid, or if you do not provide your full name, your posting privileges may be suspended.


• Local Guidelines: You will observe all rules and guidelines posted in specific parts of the site, such as in review forms and discussions.

NewsTrust is committed to protecting your freedom of expression, and to maintaining a welcoming and safe community in which that expression can flourish. We will not censor members for expressing an opinion, within the limits of our terms of service. But we will take action against any behavior that disrupts community on our site. NewsTrust has the right, but not the obligation, to remove or move any member-generated content for any reason, without notice. We have the right to suspend or terminate your membership for violation of the above rules. We have the right to reprint from the NewsTrust site any post or portion of a post (along with the name of the NewsTrust member who posted it) somewhere else on the site or in any other medium.

If you do not agree with these terms of service, please do not register on this beta site. If you are already registered and wish to cancel your account, please email us at help@newstrust.net. We will delete your member account within 24 hours from your request. You will no longer have access this beta site.

We will post our full terms of service here very soon. Thanks for your patience and understanding during this beta phase.