{"id":2647,"date":"2025-09-24T11:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariawalsh.eu\/?page_id=2647"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:56:04","slug":"moderation-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mariawalsh.eu\/ga\/moderation-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Moderation Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2647\" class=\"elementor elementor-2647\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f48c768 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f48c768\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43bcf24\" data-id=\"43bcf24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-864e326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"864e326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Social Media Moderation Policy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7c373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5b7c373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-d9c6b65 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>September 24, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66b1e1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66b1e1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bc07ba\" data-id=\"2bc07ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33278f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33278f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I welcome respectful discussion and constructive commentary across my social media channels. To keep these spaces safe and factual, I follow a clear moderation approach:<\/p><ul><li>I will remove any posts or comments that spread misinformation or disinformation (the deliberate spreading of misinformation).<\/li><li>I will block accounts that persistently engage in trolling, harassment, threatening, and\/or abusive behaviour.<\/li><li>Comments on X are now turned off. This is because platform moderation does not exist on the platform, and there has been an exponential increase in trolling and targeted personal attacks. To maintain the integrity of public interest information and manage factual information, I have closed comments on X.<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I welcome respectful discussion and constructive commentary across my social media channels. 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