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Account Security
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Data Ownership
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When it comes to using your photos, videos, comments from social media and other contribution methods, The SooLeader follows the Online News Association’s Social Newsgathering Ethics Code.
This means that we will:
Publish content you own only with your expressed permission. If you contribute photos, videos or comments to us on our site, on our social media channels or using a designated hashtag, we will accept your submission as consent to publish with credit.
Credit the content you contribute as you wish.
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Be transparent as to how we have obtained and verified content.
Abuse
SooLeader.com in its sole discretion may terminate any type of submission immediately and without notice if:
We have reason to believe that you have violated the spirit or the letter of the SooLeader.com Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.
We have reason to believe that your account has been compromised or is fraudulent.
We have reason to believe that you have violated or have tried to violate the rights of others.
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General Disclaimer
The views expressed by our audience in the Comments do not necessarily reflect or represent the views of SooLeader.com, its staff or contributors.
SooLeader.com reserves the right to change these Guidelines at any time.
These guidelines have been created by members of our editorial staff, including the publisher, editor, reporters, and members of the community, incorporating feedback from our moderators and users.
The SooLeader encourages lively and civil discussion on a selection of stories published to SooLeader.com. We aim to provide a platform for people of Sault Ste. Marie to express their views and build a strong community.
All comments will be moderated before being published, generally during business hours. Comments will be closed at the discretion of the editor. If a problematic comment slips through moderation, users can alert our moderators by flagging the comment.
Personal attacks, profanity, off-topic, racist, sexist or other discriminatory comments will not be published. Spam, trolling behavior and libelous statements or comments that include false or unsubstantiated allegations will not be published.
Usernames that include offensive or abusive words will be blocked.
Features
Replies to comments: you can reply to other users’ comments by using the ‘reply’ icon under each comment.
Upvote: upvote or “thumbs up” a comment if you like or agree with it.
Downvote: downvote or “thumbs down” a comment if you dislike or disagree with it.
Comment Posting
You must be logged in to your account in order to post a comment. To access the comments page of an article, click the POST COMMENT button at the bottom of an article. Type your comment into the box and when you are satisfied with the content, click ‘submit’.
Deleting Comments
You can delete your comment at any time by clicking the ‘delete’ icon just below your comment.
Do reporters and writers read and respond to comments?
Journalists will respond to queries and/or concerns when time and situation allows.
Where’s my Comment?
If your comment has disappeared it is likely that it is under review by our moderators.
