Lounges strictly prohibits hate speech. We remove content that promotes violence or hatred towards individuals or groups based on any of the following attributes:
- Age
- Caste
- Disability
- Ethnicity
- Gender Identity and Expression
- Nationality
- Race
- Immigration Status
- Religion
- Sex/Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Victims of a major violent event and their kin
- Veteran Status
If you come across content that violates this policy, please report it. You can find instructions on how to report violations of our Community Guidelines on our website. If you encounter multiple offending videos or comments from the same channel, you can report the entire channel.
Policy Implications for Content Creators
When posting content on Lounges, it is essential not to engage in the following activities:
- Encouraging violence against individuals or groups based on any of the mentioned attributes. We strictly prohibit threats on Lounges, and implied calls for violence are treated as genuine threats. For more information on our policies regarding threats and harassment, please refer to our guidelines.
- Inciting hatred against individuals or groups based on any of the mentioned attributes.
Other types of content that violate this policy include:
- Dehumanising individuals or groups by likening them to subhuman entities, animals, insects, pests, diseases, or any other non-human beings.
- Praising or glorifying violence against individuals or groups based on the noted attributes.
- Using racial, religious, or other slurs and stereotypes that incite or promote hatred based on any of the mentioned attributes. This applies to speech, text, or imagery that propagates stereotypes or presents them as factual.
- Asserting that individuals or groups are physically or mentally inferior, deficient, or diseased based on any of the mentioned attributes. This includes making statements that one group is intellectually or physically inferior, less capable, or damaged.
- Advocating the superiority of a group over others with any of the mentioned attributes to justify violence, discrimination, segregation, or exclusion.
- Spreading conspiracy theories that label individuals or groups as evil, corrupt, or malicious based on any of the mentioned attributes.
- Calling for the subjugation or domination of individuals or groups based on any of the mentioned attributes.
- Denying or downplaying a well-documented, major violent event or the victimhood of those involved in such an event.
- Launching attacks on a person's emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attraction to another individual.
Additionally, content containing hateful supremacist propaganda, including recruitment efforts to garner new members or solicit financial support for such ideologies, is not permitted.
Furthermore, music videos promoting hateful supremacism through their lyrics, metadata, or imagery are not allowed on our platform.
It is essential for content creators to adhere to these guidelines to maintain a safe and inclusive environment on Lounges.