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We strive for high-quality standards on the latest world events.

The basis of these standards comes from the MBFC, which uses an aggregate of methodologies, including the IFCN and World Freedom Indices, to rate the Bias and Factual Reporting of News.

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Rules:

Rule 1: No Further Gaza/Israel war posts

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Rule 3: Editorials, opinions, analysis, blogs, gifs, memes, etc non-serious news sources

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Rule 5: Petitions, advocacy, surveys

Rule 6: All-caps titles

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The general rules of the sh.itjust.works instance apply!

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Welcome!

We strive for high-quality standards on the latest world events.

The basis of these standards comes from the MBFC, which uses an aggregate of methodologies, including the IFCN and World Freedom Indices, to rate the Bias and Factual Reporting of News.

Does your post fit the standards? Check this thread!

Rules:

Rule 1: No Further Gaza/Israel war posts

Rule 2: No US internal news/US politics

Rule 3: Editorials, opinions, analysis, blogs, gifs, memes, etc non-serious news sources

Rule 4: Non-English articles require a translation in the post or comments (mark the title with the source language eg. [FR] for French)

Rule 5: Petitions, advocacy, surveys

Rule 6: All-caps titles

Rule 7: Old news (≥ 1-Month-old) articles

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Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
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