Community
Community and Submission Rules
Rules that apply to every account, submission and message on MediaSource. They sit alongside our Editorial Standards.
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Last reviewed: July 2026
1. Accounts
- One person per account. Do not share credentials.
- Accounts must use a real name and a verifiable professional email.
- Journalist accounts must be verifiable against a published masthead or an employer letter.
- Company press rooms must be created by an authorised employee of the company.
2. Submissions
- Submit only content that meets our Editorial Standards.
- Do not repost the same press release more than once. Update the original instead.
- Do not use MediaSource to distribute survey spam, gated whitepapers presented as news, or link-farm content.
- Attachments must be virus-free, unencrypted and reasonably compressed.
3. Media requests
- Journalists post their own requests. Do not post requests on someone else's behalf.
- Do not post fake requests to gather marketing intelligence.
- Do not use responses received via MediaSource for commercial prospecting.
4. Messaging and contact
- Do not use the contact form or media request responses to send marketing pitches.
- Do not add anyone contacted via MediaSource to a marketing list without a separate opt-in.
- Abusive, threatening or harassing messages are grounds for immediate suspension.
5. Automation and scraping
- Do not scrape MediaSource, bypass rate limits, or use automated tools to submit content.
- Do not use the platform to train generative AI models on user-submitted content.
6. Enforcement
Breaches may result in a warning, content removal, temporary suspension or permanent account termination. Repeat or serious breaches will result in a permanent ban and, where appropriate, referral to regulators or law enforcement.