Terms and Conditions

Introduction

YesNews Network is a perfect platform for citizens to report news and make your content reach Millions of users every day. The whole idea is to empower the audience with vivid categories and local happenings before any other medium, making them stay ahead of the rest.

What is YesNews Network program?

YesNews Network is the easiest way to publish articles on YesNews app if you have a zeal to write and make some earnings additionally. Network by YesNews is an easy citizen-powered, content publishing option to reach millions of readers and monetize content. 

How does it work?

Citizens can send news articles / report issues to our team of Qualified In-House journalists who will accept, verify, rewrite and publish the news articles on YesNews App based on internal checks and policies

Why contribute to us?

YesNews assures your content reaches to the right audience. A very unique and classy reading experience has enabled us to engage millions of active readers who are constantly consuming interesting content just like yours.

Various categories and proper localization helped us to connect vernacular readers with diverse tastes and preferences. We want you to have a great experience when using YesNews. We’re a small team working extremely hard on a mission to build great vernacular content for India and also power every locality, by building a “Civic Reporting“ community.

Registration

You need to register as a contributor on YesNews Network to publish your articles and videos so that the content can reach to millions of readers on YesNews App. We are open to common people, writers and bloggers who want to write, gain weight and make some earnings.

Note: 

Name should be as per your photo ID

Do not use fake/alias/celebrity/corporate names of any person or entity

Content Policy

YesNews Network provides a platform for people to put their views as well as write news for the audience. In order to ensure a good experience for both contributors and writers, read our Content Policy carefully.

Title

1. Should not be less than 20 characters
2. No wrong usage of punctuation
3. No misleading, distracting and irrelevant title
4. Title should be related to the story and informative

Content

1. Minimum 200 characters and a maximum of 400
2. Only relevant content/news needs to be submitted. Outdated and fake news will lead to escalations on the contributor 
3. Content that is obscene in any form(text, image or video) won’t be accepted
4. No sensitive content or content that creates a visual discomfort will be published
5. Religiously provoking, criminal and sensitive content is strictly prohibited
6. Content should be original and should not be a property of any person/entity

Quality of the article

1. Article should be complete and should have the elements of What, Why, Where, Who, When and How
2. The image should be clear and of decent visual quality
3. Story should be understandable and error free with no biased/plagiarized content 

Copyrights

1. With strong checks in place there is no scope for plagiarized content. Contributors will face escalations if observed doing any practices of this sort
2. Unauthorized use of image, video or article is prohibited
3. Unauthorized use of corporate name, logo or title should be strictly avoided
4. Unauthorized of personal fame, image or privacy will lead to legal escalations

Image

1. Image should be relevant to content only
2. Multiple images cannot be sent
3. No sensitive or sexually explicit image

Video

1. Video should be relevant to content only
2. Shaky and amateur videos will not be accepted 
3. No sensitive or sexually explicit videos

Terms

1. YesNews reserves the right to remove any content that it feels not relevant on the platform without any prior notice
2. The reporter will be held responsible and lawfully accountable for any breach of the content policy in case of prosecution
3. Please go through the revenue model carefully to understand all financial terms 
4. Signing up on YesNews Network allows YesNews to use your content on its app
5. Users on the YesNews app are not permitted to post any content or comments that are defamatory, inflammatory, obscene, derogatory, or in any manner illegal. Users are not permitted to indulge in personal attacks, name-calling, or inciting hatred against any community or person, or personality with a biased or self-centered agenda. Comments and content posted have to comply with YesNews private limited content policy and guidelines and terms and conditions and applicable laws. YesNews private limited reserves the right to take down any content or comment if it does not comply with the content policy and guidelines, terms and conditions, and/or applicable law. YesNews private limited also has the right to block a user/person indulging in any activity not complying with content policy and guidelines and terms and conditions and applicable laws. Upon request by the complainant/authorities/law, details of the users/person involved in comments that are defamatory, inflammatory, obscene, derogatory, or in any manner illegal, will be shared.
   It may be noted that YesNews private limited is merely an intermediary and provides the technology/platform for making comments, posting content, and related interactions. It neither monitors nor controls the comments and content posted by users. However, YesNews private limited will immediately take down any comment or content that does not comply with YesNews private limited content policy/guidelines and terms and conditions, and applicable law. If any content or comment violates your rights in any manner or is not in compliance with policy, terms, guidelines, or the law, you may send us a takedown request by sending an email to reach@yes-news.xyz with the subject comment/content grievance. Upon receiving your takedown email, our team will review your request and take down the comment and/or content immediately if the said comment/ content does not comply with content policy/guidelines, terms, and conditions, and/or applicable law.
   YesNews private limited neither endorses nor takes any responsibility or liability for any comments or content posted on its App, technology, or platform. All express/implied liability is expressly disclaimed.