Some members of the community have expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that not every "Art Theft" report is acted upon by staff; this article is intended to address the misinformation and inflammatory statements circulating about why this happens.
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CEA UPDATE: Clarifying the Definition of Porn
$realitysquared
reports, July 29
reports, July 29The official definition of “ pornography ” has been modified at several points over the lifetime of deviantART in an attempt to bring greater clarity in the wording used however portions of the community have demonstrated a tendency to be confused on the exact definition and continue to report things which fit their own personal viewpoints; today we attempt to clarify things.
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Break it down easy - Tracing Edition
$chix0r
reports, February 5
reports, February 5An easy break down of the guidelines & policy pertaining to tracing.
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CEA UPDATE 20090130; Issues Involving Copying
$realitysquared reports, January 30
reports, January 30Copying, referencing, painting over, redrawing, tracing; there are many ways that a work can be duplicated and there are portions of the community which revile all of them. Today we clarify exactly where official deviantART policy stands on the matter.
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CEA Update 20090120: Moderation System Changes
$realitysquared reports, January 20
reports, January 20In this CEA update we’d like to announce some changes in the moderation system which the community uses to bring theft and unauthorized use of works to the attention of the staff.
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Effective awareness raising on dA
$chix0r reports, January 13
reports, January 13A guide of how to raise awareness in the most effective way, without breaking policy on deviantART.
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CEA Update 20081119: Lewd and Sexual Commentary
$realitysquared reports, November 19, 2008
reports, November 19, 2008This week we discuss the issue of lewd and disrespectful commentary.
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CEA Update 20080511: Clarifying Mature Content : I
$realitysquared reports, November 5, 2008
reports, November 5, 2008In this update we continue with our series clarifying Mature Content, focusing this time on what Ideologically Sensitive content actually and when it needs to be tagged as Mature Content.
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CEA UPDATE 20082409: Clarifying Mature Content
$realitysquared reports, September 24, 2008
reports, September 24, 2008Over the years we have been functioning with a set of Mature Content guidelines for nudity and erotica in our FAQ which have been extremely general and open to a great amount of interpretation, we hope to clear this up today.
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CEA Update 20080910 Proper Harassment Reporting
$realitysquared reports, September 10, 2008
reports, September 10, 2008This week I would like to discuss proper reporting of harassment issues
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CEA Update 20080730: Spam Update
$realitysquared reports, July 30, 2008
reports, July 30, 2008This week we talk about spamming, how to deal with it and how to report it.
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CEA Update : Defining pornography in Literature
$realitysquared reports, June 25, 2008
reports, June 25, 2008While the guidelines differentiating erotic imagery from pornographic imagery have been refined and are as clear as possible the same cannot be said in regards to literature submissions. Today we attempt to rectify this situation.
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Privacy Policy Update
lolly
reports, June 5, 2008
reports, June 5, 2008deviantART has made a minor addition to its Privacy policy for the inclusion of our working with Lotame Solutions LLC which helps us better monitor traffic and statistical data. Please refer to the section "How we use the information we collect" for more details.
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CEA Update 040608: Protection & Safety Tips
$realitysquared reports, June 4, 2008
reports, June 4, 2008This week I'd like to present a list of commonsense privacy and safety measures that everyone should bear in mind during their daily interaction here on deviantART or elsewhere.
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Discouraging Online Predators
$realitysquared reports, May 8, 2008
reports, May 8, 2008As mentioned last week in Policy News we announced some clarifications in our rules governing child and teenage photography which came about primarily due to concerns about online predators and other undesirable persons. This week we announce some other clarifications stemming from these same concerns.
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Clarifying the Issue of Underage Nudity
$realitysquared reports, May 1, 2008
reports, May 1, 2008This week we clarify and explain issues regarding underage nudity, including recent changes in policy.
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New Moderation System Launches
$realitysquared reports, April 17, 2008
reports, April 17, 2008In order to stay at the forefront of handling art theft, misuse and other unacceptable submissions we have introduced a brand new Moderation system
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CEA UPdate for 06 March 2008
$realitysquared reports, March 6, 2008
reports, March 6, 2008This week we discuss spammers and deviants under the age of thirteen.
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CEA UPdate for 14 February 2008
$realitysquared reports, February 14, 2008
reports, February 14, 2008This week we discuss types of off site links which we consider to be unacceptable.
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CEA UPdate for 07 February 2008
$realitysquared reports, February 7, 2008
reports, February 7, 2008This week we discuss three important issues surround stock resources.
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