Guidelines and terms of use “dialogue”

Guidelines and Terms of Use for «dialogue», a service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).

Welcome, dear «dialogue» user.

We are happy that you have decided to engage on our platforms and would like to share some important points with you:

«dialogue»

• is a digital service that connects people from all four language regions of Switzerland, as well as Swiss abroad
• enables them to exchange their views without language barriers and learn more about the different ways people see things in other parts of the country
• is the first nationwide journalistic service supported by the units of the SBC: Swiss public television and radio RSI, RTR, RTS, SRF and SWI swissinfo.ch.

Contact: [e-mail]

Keep it relevant, keep it civil. We welcome constructive interactions without offensive language and aim to create a space of tolerance and respect for other views. Please base your arguments on facts, avoid generalisations, allegations and refrain from attacking others personally. We ask you to interact with other users like you would in a face-to-face conversation.

Your comments will be reviewed by an editorial team and translated into all national languages and to English with the help of artificial intelligence. The reviewing process may take several hours. If your comment is rejected, you will be notified via the email address you provided when you registered for «dialogue». We cannot engage in detailed correspondence about published or rejected comments. No comments will be reviewed during out of office hours.

Your comments are important to us. They give us ideas for stories, show us your expertise, give feedback on possible errors or tell us if we overlook an issue in our reporting. Our aim is to engage with you. We want to give you, our «dialogue» users, a voice on our platforms and involve you in our journalistic work process from the beginning.

Publication is not guaranteed. In the event of repeated netiquette violations, the user may be blocked from accessing “dialogue”.

We will not open a debate on every possible topic. We focus on selected topics to be able to moderate the discussion carefully. We do so to foster a constructive debate on the “dialogue” platforms.

Our community management is constantly evolving. We always aim to create a space for constructive, goal-oriented and factual discussions. This is why we would be happy to receive your suggestions for improvement, have discussions about our processes and test a range of models.

When writing your comments, please adhere to these guidelines:

• You need to register with your e-mail address on SRG Login and on «dialogue».
• Comments containing misinformation will not be tolerated.
• Your contribution must be relevant to the topic.
• Offensive language, comments that contain discrimination of any kind, for example with regard to religion, nationality, physical features, origin, cultural features (language, name), sexual orientation, political views, age, impairments, social origin or gender, will not be tolerated.
• Comments containing commercial or political advertising will not be published.
• Contributions that contain illegal content and / or infringe the rights of third parties (including personal right of others) will not be tolerated.
• Illegal content will not be published.
• Comments must be written in one of the Swiss national languages or in English.
• Spam or contributions submitted more than once will not be published.
• We cannot fact-check the whole content of links. We therefore reserve the right not to publish comments containing links.

Disclaimer:

• All users of «dialogue» take responsibility for their own contributions.
• By sharing the content of a comment on «dialogue» you agree that
• Your statements may be translated into one or more national languages as well as English – also with the use of artificial intelligence – and used for publication on «dialogue»,
• Your statements – including translated statements – will be publicly visible and can be quoted with reference to your pseudonym,
• If we need to clarify your intent or check any information, we may contact you via the e-mail address you provided when you registered for «dialogue».
• Minors may use «dialogue» only with the consent of their legal guardians. The legal guardians are liable for any breaches of the guidelines and terms of use.

The SBC and its enterprise units RSI, RTR, RTS, SRF and SWI swissinfo.ch expressly reserve the rights to amend, interrupt and temporarily or permanently suspend these guidelines and terms of use at any time with or without notice to users. As a rule, this does not give rights to any claims for damages, or any other warranty claims on the part of users.