±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp distributes press releases about legal and political issues that are accurate and conform to our editorial guidelines.

Press releases on ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp about legal cases and political issues must:

  • Cite from and contain a case or complaint number, as well as the court of record, for all officially filed legal actions and accusations of illegal conduct referenced in the release
  • Contain explicit attribution to an authorized source of the material, such as court documents
  • Cite from a fact checked news source; proper citation needs to provide the source of the report, the date it was published or aired, and a link to the site
  • Be accurate and free of potentially libelous material
  • Be free of content intended to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group
  • Clearly identify opinions in quotes or attribute these statements as opinions belonging to the organization, and not state as fact
  • Be written in an acceptable press release format

Press releases on ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp about legal cases and political matters can:

  • Contain fair comment of a political or public figure as long as this content does not cross over into libel territory
  • Express the opinion or official stance of an organization on a public issue or current event, however opinions must be put into the form of a quote and properly attributed to the organization making the statement

Press releases on ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp about legal cases and political matters are not:

  • Announcements of intentions to file a court case against an individual or group
  • Potentially libelous, which is defined as content that falsely depicts or implies:
    • A person has committed a crime or is guilty of illegal activity
    • A person lacks mental capacity
    • A person has engaged in immoral behavior
    • A person has a loathsome disease
  • Interpretations of legal proceedings
    • All claims about events surrounding a court case need to be attributed to court documents
    • Until a case is decided, events cannot be interpreted, but only detail what court documents allege
  • Avoid inflammatory language, hyperbole and unattributed opinion
  • An invasion of someone’s privacy
  • Threatening, abusive, menacing, offensive, violent, intimidating or otherwise objectionable
  • Intended to harm or exact revenge upon an individual or group, which is defined as content that is deemed intended to:
    • Incite, advocate or express hatred, bigotry, racism or gratuitous violence
    • Promote personal opinions attacking an individual or group
    • Maliciously affect a company’s stock
    • Stalk, defame, defraud, degrade, shame or victimize an individual or group
  • Additionally, ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp does not publish releases that attempt to incite fear or panic, including but not limited to releases predicting the end of the world or terrorist attacks.

±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp’s editorial staff reviews all press releases before distribution. ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp editors have the final say in determining what content is appropriate for distribution on the ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp platform. These guidelines are meant to supplement ±¬ÁϹ«Éçapp’s terms of service, which require users to be responsible for the content and accuracy of all information submitted to us.