Content Rules & Safety

Failure Modes is a student-run archive. To keep it safe and useful:

  • Do not name private individuals.
  • No accusations without primary sources.
  • No doxxing, harassment, or hate speech.
  • Avoid copyrighted full-text dumps.
  • Keep submissions focused on systems and policy failures.
  • No political endorsements or calls to action.
  • Use neutral, institutional language.
  • The platform itself does not take positions; it is procedural and descriptive.
  • No moral condemnation language.

Editors may redact private information and will log all changes in the audit trail.