Community Guidelines

The Community Standards specify what is and is not permitted on the Trans Women Society (TWS) social network.

This page is being reamped. We are trying to better explain our Code of Conduct, which will be phrased as Community Standards. You will see slowly adding more information to this standards.

Last updated: 1/8/2025
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We did use templates from other social media sites to help create this policy. Not all words are used in the template and have been tweakedto the relation to TWS.

Purpose/Introduction

People use TWS Social on a daily basis to connect with friends and family and share their experiences. Across nations and cultures, our services allow billions of individuals to express themselves freely.

TWS Social takes seriously our responsibility to prevent abuse on the service and understands how vital it is for Trans Women Society to be a place where people feel empowered to communicate. We created guidelines for what is and isn't permitted on these platforms for that reason.

These guidelines are derived from public input and the counsel of specialists in areas such as human rights, public safety, and technology. We take great care to develop standards that incorporate a variety of opinions and viewpoints, particularly from individuals and communities who might otherwise be disregarded or neglected, in order to guarantee that everyone's voice is respected.

Our dedication to voicing

Although we value freedom of expression, we also acknowledge that the internet presents more and more chances for abuse. When we restrict expression, we do so to support one or more of the following values because of these reasons:

AUTHENTICITY

Our goal is to ensure that the stuff that individuals view is genuine. We don't want anyone to use our services to misrepresent themselves or their activities since we think that honesty fosters a stronger sharing environment.

SAFETY

Our goal is to make TWS a secure environment. We eliminate content that poses a risk to people's physical safety. Threatening content is prohibited on our services because it has the ability to frighten, exclude, or silence others.

DIGNITY

We believe that everyone has the same rights and dignity. We expect that people will treat others with decency and refrain from harassing or disparaging them.

Community Standards

Our Community Standards are applicable to all people worldwide and to all kinds of material, including anything produced by artificial intelligence. Every section of our Community Standards begins with a "Policy Rationale" outlining the policy's objectives, which are then followed by particular policy lines that specify:

- Content that's not allowed

- Content that may or may not be removed

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Coordinating Harm and Promoting Crime

We forbid users from assisting, planning, endorsing, or confessing to specific illegal or harmful behaviors directed at individuals, companies, property, or animals in an attempt to stop and disrupt offline violence and copycat behavior. As long as they don't promote or plan harm, we let people discuss and argue for the legitimacy of harmful and illegal behaviors as well as call attention to any harmful or illegal action they may see or encounter.

Content that's not allowed

Harm against people

Outing: disclosing the names or addresses of anyone who is accused of: Be a part of an outing-risk group; Share romantic or familial ties with one or more outing-risk group members; or Have engaged in professional activities that support an outing-risk group (apart from public figures).

Arranging, threatening, endorsing, or acknowledging swatting—aside from when it's done in a staged or fake environment, for religious purposes, or to raise awareness or criticism.

illustrating, endorsing, urging, or supporting involvement in a high-risk viral challenge, unless done in the context of censure or awareness-raising. When images are used in certain situations, We will remove them if we feel that they are to harm somone or somthing

Harm against animals

Coordination, threats, encouragement, or admission of physical harm to animals (verbally, in writing, or through visual means) except in cases of:

Awareness-raising or condemnation
Redemption
Survival or defense of self, another human or another animal
Fictional or staged settings EXCEPT where it depicts staged animal fights or fake animal rescues
Hunting or fishing
Food preparation or processing

Content that may or may not be removed

For the following Community Standards, we may or may not remove

Outing: exposing the identity of a person and putting them at risk of harm (We will remove)

Imagery that is likely to deceive the public (We may or may not remove depending on what it is)

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Dangerous Organizations and Individuals

We do not let groups or individuals that advocate violence or are involved in violence to be present on our platforms in an effort to stop and disrupt harm in the real world. These entities are evaluated on the basis of their offline and online activity, and most importantly, their association with violence. We designate individuals, groups, and networks of individuals under this policy. The two tiers into which these designations are separated represent the degree of content enforcement.

Content that's not allowed

dangerous groups or people

We don't allow any praise, support, or representation of dangerous groups or people. This includes the groups themselves, what they do, and their members. However, we do allow peaceful support for political causes.

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Bullying and Harassment

At TWS, we strive to foster a community where everyone feels safe, respected, and valued. Bullying and harassment undermine these values and are strictly prohibited. This policy outlines what constitutes bullying and harassment, our commitment to addressing these issues, and the consequences for those who engage in such behavior.

Content that's not allowed

We do not allow

Threats: Any form of threat, whether explicit or implicit, aimed at an individual or group.
Doxxing: Sharing someone’s personal information, such as home address, phone number, or other identifying details without their consent.
Cyberbullying: Sending intimidating, threatening, or abusive messages through digital platforms.
Malicious Contact: Engaging in repeated unwanted contact with the intention to harm or intimidate.
Exclusion: Deliberately excluding someone from social or professional activities with malicious intent.
Spreading Rumors: Circulating false or damaging information about someone.

If you need to report somthing to TWS please notify Emma or Laura

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Suicide, Self-Injury, and Eating Disorders

Our primary concern is the safety of our app users. To inform our policies and enforcement, we regularly consult with experts in suicide prevention, self-injury, and eating disorders. We also collaborate with global organizations to provide support to those in distress.

We do not permit any content that celebrates or promotes suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders, whether intentionally or unintentionally. However, we do allow discussions on these topics, as we aim to provide a space where people can share their experiences, raise awareness, and seek support.

We remove any content that encourages suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders, including fictional content like memes or illustrations, as well as graphic self-injury content, regardless of context. We also remove content that mocks victims or survivors, and real-time depictions of suicide or self-injury.

Content that's not allowed

Content that promotes, encourages, coordinates, or provides instructions for suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders.
Content that depicts graphic imagery related to suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders.
Content showing a person who has attempted or died by suicide.
Content that highlights ribs, collarbones, thigh gaps, hips, concave stomachs, or protruding spines or scapulas when shared with terms associated with eating disorders.
Content that provides instructions for drastic and unhealthy weight loss when shared with terms associated with eating disorders.
Content that mocks victims or survivors of suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders, whether they are publicly known or implied to have experienced these issues.

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Violent and Graphic Content

We recognize that individuals have varying sensitivities towards graphic and violent imagery. To protect our users, we remove the most graphic content and add warning labels to other potentially disturbing content. This way, users will be alerted to the presence of sensitive material before they choose to view it. Additionally, we ask that users add a trigger warning for 'Violent and Graphic Content' to represent our label. If the trigger warning is not added within 24 hours, the post will be removed from our services. We will contact users via email or through the chat function inside the site regarding this requirement.

We recognize that users may share content in order to shed light on or condemn acts such as human rights abuses or armed conflict.

Content that's not allowed

Imagery of People

Videos of individuals, whether living or deceased, in non-medical contexts, depicting:

Dismemberment.
Visible innards, such as exposed organs, bones, or muscle tissue.
Burning or charred bodies.
Throat-slitting.

Imagery of People

Sadistic remarks are comments or captions that express joy or pleasure from the suffering or humiliation of people or animals.

We remove:

Sadistic remarks made toward imagery (both videos and still images) that receive a warning screen under this policy, advising people that the content may be disturbing; unless the imagery depicts acts of self-defense (e.g., video of someone defending themselves from armed robbery) or is in a medical context (e.g., an image of medical professionals performing surgery).
Sadistic remarks made towards the following imagery that receive a warning screen under this policy advising people it may be sensitive:
- Imagery depicting a person’s violent death or life-threatening event when the act of violence is committed by uniformed personnel performing a police function.
- Imagery depicting acts of brutality (e.g., acts of violence or lethal threats on forcibly restrained subjects) by uniformed personnel performing a police function.
- Imagery depicting fetuses and babies outside of the womb that are deceased.
- Explicit sadistic remarks made towards the suffering of animals depicted in imagery, and imagery depicting animals going from live to dead.
Offering or soliciting imagery that is deleted or receives a warning screen under this policy, when accompanied by sadistic remarks.

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