community-repo/governance/Curation_Policy.md

Curation Policy

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The main task of the Curator Workers and Curator Lead is curating the content on Joystream Player

Only Content Working Group can warn or censor videos

To effectively get information about videos in bulk, the Hydra playground will need to be used. Examples can be found here

1. Warn video

Which video can be warned

1.1 Missing thumbnail

• If the thumbnail is missing, or just really poor, or have low quality, the video can be issued a warning

1.2 Wrong license

• If the Curator suspects, but is not able to verify that a video is incorrectly licensed, a warning can be issued, leaving the channel owner some defined deadline to respond and provide more information or evidence.

1.3 Content not as "advertised"

• If the title, description, category and thumbnail imply a baking video, the video should not be a documentary about Bitcoin

1.4 Poor quality

• If the video quality is "unreasonably" low

1.5 Dublicates

• If the same video has been uploaded several times

How to warn a video

warning Means to make a note that something has to be corrected within a certain time period

• Post a warning to the author on the forum.

• Try to find the author in Discord or Telegram and notify him

2. Censor video

When to censor a video

License

2.1 License requires attribution

• If the selected license requires attribution, but none is given the, or attribution is incorrect

2.2 Breach of license

• If the license has specific requirements with it (e.g. "no derivatives" if CC_BY_NC_ND)

2.3 Suspected copyright violation

• If it's not clear that the video is in violation, but this is strongly suspected by the Curator

2.4 Terms of Service violation

• If the video is in violation of other parts of the Terms of Service and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Content Restrictions

2.5 Sexually explicit

• Prostitution
• Escort services
• Other erotic services (including live sex shows, fetish fulfillment, etc.)
• Pornographic content

2.6 Harassment, bullying and abuse

• content that seeks to threaten, intimidate, insult, shame or hurt an individual or group, regardless of their private or public status. Threats, doxxing, revenge porn, trolling, cyber-bullying, and other forms of abuse

2.7 Contains hateful or discriminatory speech

• Race, color, national origin, and ethnicity
• Gender identity
• Sexual orientation
• Religion
• Disability
• Age

2.8 Promotes or supports terror or hate groups

• Content from hate or terror groups that aims to spread propaganda designed to radicalise and recruit people or aid and abet attacks

2.9 Provides instructions on how to assemble explosive/incendiary devices or homemade/improvised firearms

2.10 Exploits or endangers minors

2.11 Depicts or encourages self-harm or suicide

2.12 Unlawful real-world acts of extreme violence

• Vivid, realistic, or particularly graphic acts of violence and brutality
• Sexualized violence, including rape, torture, abuse, and humiliation
• Animal cruelty or extreme violence towards animals
• Show people being murdered, tortured, or physically or sexually abused
• Show animals being tortured or killed
• Display shocking, disgusting, or gruesome images

How to censor a video

censor Means updating the status (isCensored) for a video from false to true. It cannot be changed by anyone. Except for another curator in the active group.

# Censor video:
  $ joystream-cli content:updateVideoCensorshipStatus --help

Update Video censorship status (Censored / Not censored).

USAGE
  $ joystream-cli content:updateVideoCensorshipStatus ID [STATUS]

ARGUMENTS
  ID      ID of the Video
  STATUS  New video censorship status (1 - censored, 0 - not censored)

OPTIONS
  --rationale=rationale  rationale
  

3. Warn channel

Which channel can be warned

3.1 Multiple warnings for videos

3.2 Content not as "advertised"

• If the title, description, category and Avatar imply a baking video, the video should not be a documentary about Bitcoin

3.3 Missing Avatar

• If the Avatar is missing, or just really poor, or have low quality

How to warn a video

• Post a warning to the author on the forum.

• Try to find the author in Discord or Telegram and notify him

4. Censor channel

When to censor a channel

4.1 Multiple or recurring serious infractions

• If multiple videos are currently censored and the owner has made no efforts to fix this

How to censor a channel

# Censor channel:
$ joystream-cli content:updateChannelCensorshipStatus --help

Update Channel censorship status (Censored / Not censored).

USAGE
  $ joystream-cli content:updateChannelCensorshipStatus ID [STATUS]

ARGUMENTS
  ID      ID of the Channel
  STATUS  New censorship status of the channel (1 - censored, 0 - not censored)

OPTIONS
  --rationale=rationale
  

Licenses

1000   Custom
1001   PDM           Public Domain                                                   https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm
1002   CC0           Public Domain Dedication                                        https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0
1003   CC_BY         Creative Commons Attribution License                            https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0                  
1004   CC_BY_SA      Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License                 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0               
1005   CC_BY_ND      Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License                   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0               
1006   CC_BY_NC      Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License              https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0               
1007   CC_BY_NC_SA   Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0            
1008   CC_BY_NC_ND   Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0