1. We stand against dehumanization and promote respect for all people. We have a zero-tolerance policy for dehumanizing language and behavior.
2.Please don’t post full news articles to our community. Instead, post a link to the article, along with a brief excerpt and your own thoughts and analysis. You can also use Bard AI to rewrite the article.
3. Tell me a memory you cherish
4. I can’t spell
Human Rights
We stand against the dehumanization of people. We believe that all people are equal and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We will not tolerate any form of dehumanizing language or behavior.
Using derogatory language or stereotypes to describe certain groups of people
Comparing people to animals or objects
Denying people their basic human rights
Excluding people from society or denying them opportunities
Using violence or threats of violence against people
Calling for genocide
Calling for genocide is the most extreme form of dehumanization.
It is an act of hate and violence that must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. We all have a responsibility to stand against dehumanization and to promote respect for all people.
Dehumanization is a dangerous and harmful practice. It can lead to discrimination, violence, and even genocide. It is important to remember that all people are human beings, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. We have a zero-tolerance policy for dehumanizing language and behavior.
Anyone who dehumanizes others will be permanently banned from our community.
We urge everyone to stand against dehumanization and to treat others with dignity and respect.
Introduction
We are fully aware that posting direct news articles is perfectly legal under the fair use copyright clause. However, we will be abiding by the rules imposed upon us to ensure consistency across .world as a whole.
Therefore, we ask that you please refrain from posting direct news articles to our forums. Instead, please post a link to the article, along with a brief excerpt and your own original thoughts and analysis.
If you see someone posting a direct news article to our forums, please inform the moderators of the community post in question so they can review it.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
We understand that this may be a change for some of you, but we believe that it is in the best interests of our community as a whole. By following these guidelines, you can help to ensure that our forums are a place where everyone can come to have meaningful and engaging discussions about the news.
To make it easier to follow these guidelines, we encourage you to use Bard to rewrite news articles in your own words. Bard is a large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.
FAIR USE ARTICLES: EU
Article 5(1) of the European Union Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) United States
Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.) Germany
Section 53 of the German Copyright Act (Urheberrechtsgesetz)
These statutes provide the general framework for fair use in the EU, United States, and Germany. However, it is important to note that the fair use doctrine is a complex area of law, and there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of whether posting a particular news article to a forum would be considered fair use. If you are unsure whether posting a particular news article to a forum would be considered fair use, it is best to consult with an attorney.
Here are some additional things to keep in mind when determining whether a particular use of a news article on a forum would be considered fair use:
The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for non-profit educational purposes; The nature of the copyrighted work; The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. These factors are not exhaustive, and courts will consider all relevant factors when determining whether a particular use is fair use.
Sources www.theinformedillustrator.com/2012/09/ books.google.com/books?id=HKQTAAAAIAAJ books.google.com/books?id=vVjG-z9YMaMC
We understand that this change may be disruptive for some of our users, but we believe it is important to protect the copyright of authors and creators. We also want to ensure that our forum is a place where people can share their own original work and ideas.
How to use Bard to rewrite articles
Bard is a large language model that can be used to rewrite articles in a way that is not verbatim. To do this, simply follow these steps:
Go to the Bard website and create an account. Once you are logged in, click on the “Write” tab. Paste the article that you want to rewrite into the text box. Click on the “Rewrite” button. Bard will generate a rewritten version of the article. Review the rewritten article and make any necessary changes. Once you are satisfied with the rewritten article, you can post it on the forum. Tips for using Bard to rewrite articles
Here are some tips for using Bard to rewrite articles:
Be specific with your instructions. Tell Bard what kind of tone and style you want for the rewritten article. Use the “Rewrite” button multiple times to generate different versions of the article. Review the rewritten article carefully before posting it on the forum. Make sure that the article is accurate, informative, and original. Additional tips for ensuring that your rewritten articles are not verbatim
In addition to the above tips, here are some other things you can do to ensure that your rewritten articles are not verbatim:
Use your own words and phrases. Don’t simply copy and paste the original article. Change the sentence structure and order of the paragraphs. Add your own insights and commentary. Cite the original article as a source. If you are unsure whether or not your rewritten article is verbatim, you can use a plagiarism checker to scan it. We appreciate your cooperation in following the new forum rules. Thank you for helping to make the forum a place where everyone can share their original work and ideas.
Conclusion
Be Kind
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Super simple to use fair use copy/pasta. Find the one or two paragraphs from the article that illustrates the headline, then paste that, NOT the whole article.
Of course, my favored option is finding an alternate source that isn’t paywalled. :) No summary needed.
So, basically run it through some simple anti-plagiarism paper-cheating techniques? Fine.
Are links to demonetized sources for paywall penetration acceptable? Like internet archive, crap like that? I do hope so, I’m very grateful for the people that provide paywall bypass methods.
Your concern is my concern. From a news standpoint nothing should be behind a paywall IMO and hindering people’s ability to receive important news should be criminal. It’s just as bad as peer review journals being caught up in paywalls when you can just write a letter to the person responsible for the finding to get the paper for free.
I will try to seek out answers on this however I would advise you to directly contact admins for a better clarification into the details. I don’t want to mince words or accidently misrepresent facts. Just know I’m not trying to pass the buck I just don’t have all the answers.
However, our admins including AvaddonLFC are much for versed and knowledgeable in these matters, so I respectfully request that you ask them directly for a better understanding.
I wanna add that frequently a paywalled article is not breaking the story, but adding commentary. Sometimes there is simply a better source to link to!
I’d really like to see more meta develop in how to make great posts here. I prefer posts of different types - posts that direct conversation, posts that collect and collate info about a given topic and use comments to add to that archive of information.
I see this “I posted news, give me your hot takes” style forum as an exhausted format. On reddit it was frequently used and abused to promote certain narratives, promote mainstream corporate media over the journalists who are the source, who broke the story. Reddit was perfectly designed for bad actors and astroturfing.
But here’s some constructive feedback:
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Remove reposts that offer no change to the link / post content. You could repost to get it to a different time zone’s feed, yea, but then add something. A second link, a specific question?
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News that many years old isn’t news. It’s at best political discussion. Finding old interviews with someone who’s in the news today can be valuable… But posting old news is often a way to misinform people. But is this community specifically about current events, or not?
We currently do not allow duplicate posts from the same source and do not allow news older than 14 days. We have removed posts that have violated those rules so I am confused by your feedback.
I conflated News and World News. 😮💨 my bad and I’m very happy to hear from you that this is the case!
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Comparing people to animals
Yo, am I not to probe people to compare humans to animals for the sake of questioning existing violence towards animals? Am I not to suggest there’s no meaingful differences to justifty killing animals and uniquely spare humans?
Vegan btw. Comparison is not used in context to dehumanize.
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Could we also update the sidebar? I see rule breaking content being posted, and part of it might be that the rules are a little hard to see. Right now, it’s a big wall of text.
I’ve reformatted/reworded it below, which you can feel free to take from :)
A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
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Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world code of conduct
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Engage in good-faith and with respect: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
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Copyright: Do not copy the entire article into your post. A short summary is allowed, but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. This includes links to sites that rehost copyrighted articles for paywall sites.
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Low Effort: Posts or comments that are opinions, editorials, reposts, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, based on misinformation, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed.
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Post Format: posts have the following requirements:
- Title must match the article headline
- Body must contain the article’s contents either Text or Video (Not entire article or Archive Link)
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 14 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
Recommendations
- How to spot Misinformation and Propaganda
- Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link
- For posts related to the United States, please consider !news@lemmy.world or !politics@lemmy.world
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Hey, as long as I can still call someone a dingus for being a dingus, we’re cool.
In all seriousness, this is needed. Couple of times I have called for less dehumanizing language I have been called a sympathizer of some pretty bad things. It’s frustrating when folks fail to see that blasé use dehumanizing language is the necessary precursor to greenlighting atrocities.
Important reminder that stereotypes create prejudices and prejudice is a precursor to _______-ism. Stereotypes are culturally held beliefs about a culture or demographic that stem from a ‘kernel of truth’ which may or may not be ‘true’. (e.g. ‘white people are rich.’)
Prejudice is making decisions based on stereotypes.
______-ism is when prejudice takes a tangible toll on the people of that culture.
Challenge stereotypes. Call out prejudices. This is the path to affecting change in racism, sexism, et al.
Hey dingleberry you can slap me around and call me Sally for all you want but if you are going to suggest solving world problems requires a “final solution” then them there are fighting words. We have a responsibility to ourselves and everyone here to put hate on display so it can’t fester and grow.
"we believe it is important to protect the copyright of authors and creators. We also want to ensure that our forum is a place where people can share their own original work and ideas.
How to use Bard to rewrite articles"
🤣 You’re saying one thing and meaning another. The first half are great values to stand by, and in making it clear you are okay with posting re-worded versions of a journalist or reporter’s article… It has me questioning what values you do hold. You are quite clearly using those first two values in a toothless or even hypocritical way.
