We’re introducing content moderation rules for this and future series of Behind the Pod. These rules are based on the work of the voiceteam and pod_together moderators. (Last updated April 2021.)
We hope this will encourage participants to consider asking for the help of a sensitivity reader/consult if anyone is unsure if the topic or fanworks they’d like to discuss falls outside the content moderation rules. Mods will be available to signal boost any requests for sensitivity discussions throughout the challenge schedule.
Mods are committed to checking all regular episodes for content that violates content moderation rules before publishing. For Party Favours, as we can’t know how many will be submitted in advance, instead anyone can anonymously report a work that they believe is in violation of one of the content moderation rules. If we receive a report about a work being in violation, we will follow up as described in Rule 5, as detailed below.
We are open to feedback about this content moderation policy, both in its wording and our process of enforcing it. If you have any concerns or suggestions, please contact us at behindthepod@gmail.com or the Series 3 anonymous feedback form.
Content Moderation Rules
While we recognize that podficcers do not always create the contents of the stories they record, we ask that existing fanworks that violate any of rules 1-4 not be featured uncritically as part of Behind the Pod. Any content may be discussed critically, but must be tagged or archive warned for accordingly, and any links in the body of the AO3 work must have appropriate warnings attached.
1) No uncritical discussion of fanworks using the real-life tragedies of BIPOC as a backdrop for stories that center characters who are white. This includes those which center white characters in an AU of an oppressive situation that happened to BIPOC, such as a slavery AU.
2) Similarly, no uncritical discussion of fanworks using real-life tragedies of other marginalized groups to center characters that are not members of those groups. This includes those which center members outside that group in an AU of an oppressive situation that happened to that group, such as a Holocaust AU.
3) No uncritical discussion of fanworks which whitewash BIPOC, such as an Avatar: The Last Airbender modern setting AU where the characters are white Americans. No uncritical discussions of fanworks which erase BIPOC in order to center white characters, such as a MCU story set in Wakanda where no Black characters appear or have speaking roles.
4) No uncritical discussion of fanworks which use negative stereotypes as a way to demonize or discard BIPOC characters in favor of white characters. (example: for Kirk/Spock fic, making Uhura an angry Black woman to justify Spock's relationship with Kirk). This post may be helpful.
5) If anyone flags an untagged racist trope or racist language in an episode or party favour of Behind the Pod, the mod team will check for accuracy (with outside consultation as needed). If a racist trope or language is confirmed, the mods will notify all the creators of the work via email and mark that Episode or Party Favour as unrevealed within the collection. Depending on the situation, the creators of the work may be required to do one of the following: add appropriate tags/content notes, revise the audio in question to no longer include the flagged content, or remove Behind the Pod branding from their audio and the work as a whole and have it removed from Behind the Pod collections. Revised works will be revealed again as soon as mods verify the required actions have been taken. If the creators of the work do not follow the above guidelines within 9 months, or if they reveal the work by removing it from the Behind the Pod collection, the mods will delete the unrevealed work from AO3.
6) Other oppressive tropes or language (misogynistic, ableist, anti-queer, anti-trans, antisemitic, anti-Muslim, anti-fat, etc) can also be flagged to the mod team and will have the same follow-up steps as above.
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