Standards
Moderation standards
Reports are moderated before anything is published, and publication is never automatic.
Last reviewed 2026-09-06
What we publish
Where a reporter has agreed to it, we may publish an anonymized summary of an issue — the company, the category, and the nature of the alleged conduct. We do not publish reporters' names, contact details, or the documents they provide.
What we remove
- Anything identifying a private individual.
- Personal financial or medical data, however it arrived.
- Material that appears privileged, confidential, or subject to a legal restriction on disclosure.
- Content that asserts as fact a legal conclusion we have not verified.
- Reports we have reason to believe are fabricated or submitted in bad faith.
How decisions are made
A human reviews each report before it is used. A report can be marked reviewed, declined, or spam. Declining a report does not delete it from our records; it removes it from any downstream use.
Appeals and corrections
Use the correction and takedown page.