Comment Moderation Charter [Charte de modération des commentaires]

Name of code

Comment Moderation Charter [Charte de modération des commentaires]

Originator of code

AGEFI

Country

Switzerland

Original language

French

Year of creation

N/A

Type of code

Media users

Main frame of accountability

Market

Transparency

Public

Legal and regulatory context

Non-mandatory

Implementation and enforcement

Voluntary

Diversity

No

AI/automation

No

Abstract

The “Comment Moderation Charter” issued by AGEFI sets guidelines for users commenting on AGEFI’s website and comment space. It sets out four rules for aiming at enhancing dialogue: avoiding defamatory statements, insults and hate speech; comments must be relevant to the topic; avoiding spam messages and limiting the use of capital letters as it may be seen as aggressivity by other users.

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