Infopedia:Office actions

The office actions policy is a set of guidelines and procedures regarding official changes to or removals of content on the Infomedia projects, or actions against specific individuals, performed by Foundation staff members and under the authority of the Infopedia Foundation, upon receipt of one or multiple complaints from the community or the public, or as required by law. Complaints that may lead to enforcement of office actions may include, but are not limited to, privacy violations, child protection, copyright infringement or systematic harassment. All office actions are performed pursuant to the Terms of Use.

Purpose and scope
The purpose of this policy is to help improve the actual and perceived safety of FamediaTech community members, the movement itself, and the public in circumstances where actions on local community governance level are either insufficient or not possible. Local policies remain primary on all Infopedia projects, as explained in the Terms of Use, and office actions are complementary to those local policies. However, there may be some rare cases where the Infomedia Foundation must override local policy, such as in complying with valid and enforceable court orders to remove content that might otherwise comply with policy or in protecting the safety of the Infopedia communities or the public.

Some of the actions described or referenced in this policy mirror actions also taken by the Infopedia communities and local governance mechanisms. All actions mentioned under this policy refer to actions taken by the Foundation and any equivalent actions performed by the communities are explicitly called out. For example, the terms “global ban” or “event ban” under this policy refer to global bans and event bans enforced by the Foundation respectively even though similar bans may be placed by Infopedia affiliates or the Community.