House rules

The KM Media Group Limited welcomes your opinions. Reader comments are post-moderated, meaning we do not check or approve them before they go live on KentOnline. However, we will remove any comments brought to our attention which breach the house rules.

Rule 1: Report abuse

We support the community in self-moderating comments on KentOnline. If you see a comment which you believe breaches house rules, please notify us immediately via the ‘report abuse’ button or by emailing multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk. We will then review the comment and remove if necessary. Please do not respond directly to people posting offensive comments or spam as this will look odd when the original is removed. Do not report comments as abusive simply because you disagree with the point they are making.

Rule 2: Language and relevance

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Rule 3: Privacy

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Rule 4: Legal

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• Libellous
• Defamatory or misleading
• Threatening or abusive
• Liable to prejudice any pending or ongoing legal proceedings.

Rule 5: Advertising

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Rule 6: Use of disposable email addresses

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