Author Guidelines

Author guidelines for article printing in SamacharBank, failing to which will lead to cancellation of article printing or deletion from portal

  1. Articles may be written for any area like
    • Political, religion, social issues, education, international politics, technology, science, etc.
  2. The author must have facts and proof behind all the sayings in the articles, which may be produced to editors/ its representatives on demand.
  3. If the Author is raising any concern in his writing, the article must also illustrate its possible solution, which the authorities may take as a solution.
  4. Valid and authentic proofs must shield political and religious issues.
  5. Authors are reminded that Wikipedia or other sources like that are not considered as proof, hence whatever is written there cannot be used as a shield of your writings.
  6. Proofs can be in form like books, epic books (which are acclaimed credible by most people like Ramayan, Quran in case of epic topic writing, etc.)
  7. The author’s writing must be balanced and not provoke a thought that may lead to harm the harmony of our society. No hate speech will be entertained.
  8. Sectors of your writing can be parted in –
    • The issue, description, details of the issue, and conclusion/ solutions. This is a general rule and can be overlooked in some cases by editors.
  9. In any of the situations, the decision of the editor/editors/review committee will be final and will not be-challengeable, regarding publishing the article on their portal.
  10. Authors must be aware, that if they are writing about any personality, who is acclaimed by a community/ group of people/ religion/ state/ political group then every fact about him must be shielded with valid proof and must be produced on demand by the editor/ editor’s representatives.
  11. We are providing the portal and platform to authors and are not responsible for the content, it is the sole responsibility of the authors.
  12. All writings are under the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 Act, and PRB Act, and the Registration of Newspapers (Central) Rules, 1956, shall all the government rules applicable to it.
  13. If you’re writing content, Don’t post links in your content on SamacharBank if they direct users to content that violates our Community Guidelines. This includes links that fit any of the descriptions noted below.
    • Links to pornography
    • Links to websites or apps that install malware
    • Links to websites or apps phishing for a user’s login credentials, financial information, etc.
    • Links to websites, apps, or other information technology that give unauthorized free access to audio content, audiovisual content, full video games, software, or streaming services that normally require payment
    • Links to websites that seek to raise funds or recruit for terrorist organizations
    • Links to sites containing Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (CSAI)
    • Links to content that would violate our hate or harassment policies
    • Links to content encouraging others to commit violent acts
    • Links to content ​​that spread medical misinformation contradicting local health authorities or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19
    • Links to websites or apps that spread misleading or deceptive content that can cause serious risk of egregious harm, such as interfering with democratic processes
    • Links to fake websites having misleading/ unauthentic data published
    • Links to gaming/gambling websites, which may or may not take payment
  14. If you’re writing an article then-
    • Don’t post content on SamacharBank if it fits any of the descriptions below:
      • Sexualization of minors: Sexually explicit content promoting minors and content that sexually exploits minors. We report content containing child sexual abuse to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Indian local, national, and international agencies, who work with global law enforcement agencies.
      • Infliction of emotional distress on minors: Content that could cause minor participants or viewers emotional distress, including:
        • Exposing minors to mature themes
        • Simulating parental abuse
        • Coercing minors
        • Violence
      • Misleading family content: Content that targets young minors and families, and provokes them to
        • Sexual themes
        • Violence
        • Obscenity or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences
        • Family-friendly cartoons that target young minors and contain adult or age-inappropriate themes such as violence, sex, death, drugs, and more. Make sure your titles, descriptions, and tags match the audience you’re targeting.
      • Cyberbullying and harassment involving minors: Content that:
        • Targets individuals for abuse or humiliation
        • Reveals personal information like email addresses or bank account numbers
        • Records someone without their consent
        • Sexually harasses
        • Encourages others to bully or harass
  15. As an author, your content does not try to defame any person unless or until you have strong evidence to do that.
  16. Your content must not be copied from other sources in the same language, in case if it is so then you must possess written consent of the original author or publisher before publishing the article on SamacharBank.
  17. SamacharBank has all rights to change the author guidelines at any point in time to cope with the standard set by the regulation of the government of India and also in case of violation reported by our viewers.
  18. SamacharBank is implicated above said policy to all types of content i.e.  Image/Video/Text/Voice or any other digital medium used to publish on our platform.
  19. In any case, the jurisdiction area will be Balia, Uttar Pradesh District Court.

This document was last updated in September 2024.