Community Guidelines

1Introduction

These Community Guidelines (“Guidelines”) establish the standards of conduct expected from everyone participating in communities operated, managed, hosted or facilitated by The LearnIN, a brand owned and operated by Kosmeron Intellect Private Limited, at www.thelearnin.com.

These Guidelines apply to interactions taking place through The LearnIN's own Platform as well as communities, channels and groups operated or administered by The LearnIN on third-party platforms, including WhatsApp communities, channels and groups.

They are intended to maintain a professional, respectful, safe and intellectually constructive environment for learners, Experts, instructors, researchers, professionals, partners and other members of the The LearnIN community.

2Where These Guidelines Apply

These Guidelines apply to community participation through or in connection with The LearnIN, including:

• The LearnIN website and Platform
• Website comments and discussions
• Community forums
• Questions and answers
• Reviews and ratings
• Discussions associated with Learning Experiences
• Webinar, workshop and masterclass discussions
• The LearnIN WhatsApp Community
• The LearnIN WhatsApp Channels
• The LearnIN WhatsApp Groups
• Other official WhatsApp spaces operated or administered by The LearnIN
• Other official community spaces, groups or channels introduced by The LearnIN in the future

Where a third-party platform has its own rules, those rules also apply. For example, participation in a WhatsApp community remains subject to WhatsApp's applicable terms, policies and technical controls.

3Our Community Standard

The LearnIN is intended to be a place for learning, discovery, discussion and exchange of ideas. We encourage members to:

• Ask meaningful questions
• Share knowledge and useful resources
• Challenge ideas constructively
• Engage with different perspectives
• Acknowledge uncertainty
• Support evidence-based discussion
• Respect Experts, instructors and fellow learners
• Contribute information that is useful to the wider community

Disagreement is permitted and, where constructive, encouraged. Disagreement with an idea, theory, research finding or opinion is not by itself a violation of these Guidelines. The manner in which disagreement is expressed matters.

4Respectful and Professional Conduct

Members must communicate in a manner that is reasonably respectful and appropriate for a professional learning environment. You must not engage in:

• Personal attacks
• Harassment
• Threats or intimidation
• Bullying
• Stalking
• Targeted humiliation
• Abusive or degrading behaviour
• Deliberate provocation intended to disrupt discussion
• Repeated unwanted contact
• Behaviour intended to drive another member away from the community

Criticism should generally be directed at the idea, argument, methodology, evidence or Content, rather than attacking the individual presenting it.

5Harassment, Hate and Discriminatory Conduct

The LearnIN does not permit content or conduct that targets individuals or groups with harassment, hateful abuse or discriminatory hostility. This includes abusive conduct based on characteristics protected under applicable law. You must not use community spaces to:

• Promote hatred or violence against individuals or groups
• Encourage discrimination or exclusion
• Make demeaning or threatening statements directed at a protected group
• Repeatedly target an individual with abusive conduct
• Encourage others to harass another person

Good-faith academic, scientific, historical or social discussion is not prohibited merely because a topic is sensitive or controversial, provided it is conducted responsibly and does not cross into prohibited abuse or unlawful conduct.

6Threats and Safety

Threats of violence, credible threats of harm, intimidation or instructions intended to facilitate serious harm are prohibited. This includes threats directed at:

• Community members
• Experts
• Instructors
• Employees
• Partners
• Institutions
• Other individuals

Where reasonably necessary, The LearnIN may restrict access, preserve relevant information and take appropriate action to protect users or others, including making disclosures where required or permitted by law.

7Spam and Unsolicited Promotion

Community spaces are not intended to function as unrestricted advertising channels. You must not use The LearnIN communities to:

• Repeatedly post unsolicited promotional material
• Mass-promote products or services
• Distribute referral or affiliate links without authorisation
• Solicit members for unrelated businesses
• Repeatedly post the same material
• Send unsolicited bulk messages
• Manipulate discussions for commercial promotion

Legitimate professional, educational or research-related resources may be shared where relevant to the discussion and not used primarily for unsolicited promotion. The LearnIN may permit specific promotional or partner activities at its discretion.

8Self-Promotion

Reasonable professional self-promotion may be permitted where it is:

• Relevant to the discussion
• Not misleading
• Not excessive
• Not disruptive
• Not contrary to a specific community rule

Examples may include sharing a relevant publication, research project, professional resource or educational initiative. Repeated promotional posting, unsolicited solicitation or using the community primarily as an advertising channel may be restricted.

9Misinformation and Misleading Information

Members should make reasonable efforts not to knowingly distribute false or materially misleading information. You must not deliberately:

• Fabricate facts
• Misrepresent sources
• Manipulate evidence
• Present fabricated research
• Falsely claim professional or academic credentials
• Misrepresent another person's work
• Knowingly distribute materially false information as fact

Because The LearnIN covers scientific and research-related subjects, members are encouraged to distinguish between established findings, emerging evidence, hypotheses, personal opinions, interpretations and speculation.

10Academic and Research Integrity

The LearnIN encourages responsible academic and scientific discussion. You must not use community spaces to facilitate:

• Plagiarism
• Fabrication of research or data
• Falsification of results
• Fraudulent academic credentials
• Impersonation
• Deliberate misrepresentation of research
• Submission of another person's work as your own
• Manipulation of academic records
• Other serious academic misconduct

The Content Integrity Policy provides additional standards concerning academic, scientific and educational integrity.

11Intellectual Property

You must respect the intellectual property rights of The LearnIN, Experts, instructors, researchers, publishers, users and other rights holders. You must not post or distribute material that you do not have the right to share. This includes unauthorised:

• Copyrighted books or articles
• Paid course materials
• Recordings
• Presentations
• Research papers where redistribution is prohibited
• Proprietary datasets
• Software or other protected Content
• Screenshots or copies of restricted learning materials

Where a user believes Content infringes their rights, the matter may be reported in accordance with the IP Policy.

12Course, Webinar and Event Materials

Community spaces must not be used to redistribute paid or restricted Learning Experience materials. Unless expressly authorised, members must not upload, share or distribute:

• Course videos
• Webinar recordings
• Workshop recordings
• Masterclass recordings
• Presentation decks
• Paid learning materials
• Private Expert materials
• Access credentials

The recording of Learning Experiences is also governed by the Terms of Use and applicable event-specific restrictions.

13Privacy and Personal Information

Members must respect the privacy of other members. You must not post, disclose, collect or distribute another person's personal information without lawful authority. This includes, without limitation:

• Private phone numbers
• Private email addresses
• Home addresses
• Government identification information
• Financial information
• Account credentials
• Private correspondence
• Confidential employment information
• Sensitive personal information

Do not publicly post your own passwords, payment credentials or other sensitive information. Where personal information is voluntarily posted in a public community, The LearnIN may take reasonable steps to remove or restrict it where necessary for safety, privacy or legal compliance.

14Doxxing and Targeted Exposure

Publishing or threatening to publish another person's private or identifying information with the intention of exposing, intimidating, harassing or causing harm is prohibited. This includes attempting to mobilise others against an individual using their private information.

15Impersonation and Misrepresentation

You must not impersonate:

• Another user
• An Expert
• An instructor
• The LearnIN
• Kosmeron Intellect Private Limited
• An employee or representative
• A partner
• An institution or organisation

You must not falsely claim to represent or speak on behalf of The LearnIN or another person or organisation.

16Fraud, Manipulation and Abuse

Community features must not be used to manipulate Platform systems or other users. Prohibited conduct includes:

• Fake accounts
• Coordinated manipulation of ratings
• Fabricated reviews
• Fraudulent participation
• False claims of attendance
• Attempts to obtain benefits through deception
• Misuse of promotional programmes
• Payment fraud
• Phishing
• Scams
• Malicious links
• Attempts to obtain another person's credentials

17Malicious or Harmful Content

You must not distribute malware, malicious code or links intended to compromise another person's device, account or information. You must not use community spaces to facilitate:

• Credential theft
• Phishing
• Unauthorised access
• Malware distribution
• Fraudulent schemes
• Malicious technical activity
• Other unlawful activity

18Sexual, Explicit and Inappropriate Content

Community spaces are professional learning environments. Do not post sexually explicit, pornographic or otherwise inappropriate material. Sexual harassment, unwanted sexual advances, sexualised targeting of other members or sexually degrading conduct are prohibited.

Educational discussion of legitimate scientific, medical or research topics may be permitted where appropriate to the context and presented professionally.

19Illegal Activities

The LearnIN communities must not be used to facilitate or promote unlawful activity. This includes:

• Fraud
• Scams
• Identity theft
• Unlawful access to systems
• Trafficking
• Sale of prohibited goods or services
• Evasion of applicable laws
• Other criminal activity

Where required or permitted by law, information relating to unlawful activity may be disclosed to relevant authorities.

20Political and Sensitive Discussions

The LearnIN may contain discussions of science, technology, research, society, policy or other subjects that have social or political implications. Discussion of such subjects is not prohibited merely because a topic is controversial. However, members must comply with these Guidelines regarding:

• Harassment
• Threats
• Hate
• Misinformation
• Unlawful conduct
• Spam
• Personal attacks
• Targeted abuse

The LearnIN does not endorse every opinion expressed by community members.

21WhatsApp Communities, Channels and Groups

The LearnIN may operate different types of WhatsApp spaces for different purposes.

The LearnIN may add, remove, restrict, archive or restructure official WhatsApp communities and groups where reasonably necessary.

22WhatsApp-Specific Privacy Considerations

WhatsApp is a third-party platform and operates independently of The LearnIN. Depending on the type of WhatsApp space and its configuration, information such as your:

• WhatsApp name
• Profile information
• Profile photograph
• Messages
• Reactions
• Participation
• Phone number, where visible under WhatsApp's applicable functionality

may be visible to other participants. You should review WhatsApp's own privacy settings, terms and policies before joining an official The LearnIN WhatsApp community, channel or group.

23Expert and Administrator Conduct

Experts, instructors, moderators and administrators participating in The LearnIN communities are also expected to comply with these Guidelines. Additional obligations may apply under the Expert Terms or other contractual arrangements.

Being an Expert, moderator or administrator does not give a person permission to:

• Harass members
• Misuse personal information
• Make unauthorised commitments on behalf of The LearnIN
• Exploit community access
• Engage in fraudulent or abusive conduct

24Moderation and Enforcement

The LearnIN may monitor, moderate, restrict, remove or otherwise manage community Content and participation to the extent reasonably necessary to enforce these Guidelines, protect users, maintain community quality, prevent abuse, protect intellectual property, address security concerns, and comply with applicable law.

Depending on the circumstances, action may include:

The seriousness and circumstances of the conduct will be considered when determining the appropriate response.

25Immediate Action

The LearnIN may take immediate action without prior warning where reasonably necessary to address:

• Threats of harm
• Serious harassment
• Fraud
• Account compromise
• Malicious activity
• Unlawful conduct
• Serious privacy violations
• Significant intellectual property infringement
• Attempts to compromise Platform security
• Conduct creating a significant risk to users or the Platform

Where practical and appropriate, we may provide an explanation or opportunity to appeal or clarify the relevant action.

26Reporting a Violation

If you believe that content or conduct violates these Guidelines, you may report it to support@thelearnin.com. A useful report should, where possible, include:

• The relevant username or identifier
• Description of the conduct
• Relevant link, screenshot or message
• Approximate date and time
• Explanation of why you believe it violates the Guidelines

Do not include unnecessary sensitive personal information in a report. Reports may be reviewed based on the available information and the seriousness of the issue.

27False or Abusive Reports

Reports should be made in good faith. You must not knowingly submit false reports for the purpose of:

• Harassing another user
• Suppressing legitimate criticism
• Manipulating discussions
• Causing an account to be restricted
• Obtaining an improper advantage

Repeated malicious or abusive reporting may itself result in action under these Guidelines.

28Appeals and Review

Where a significant restriction or termination has been imposed, you may contact support@thelearnin.com with relevant information explaining why you believe the action should be reconsidered.

The LearnIN may review the matter based on available information and applicable policies. Nothing in this section guarantees reinstatement or creates a contractual entitlement to a particular moderation outcome.

29No Guarantee of Community Availability

Community features may be changed, suspended, restricted or discontinued at any time for operational, technical, security, legal or other legitimate reasons. The LearnIN does not guarantee that every community, group, channel, discussion or historical message will remain available indefinitely.

30Third-Party Platform Rules

Where The LearnIN uses a third-party platform such as WhatsApp, participation is also subject to the applicable terms, policies and technical rules of that third-party platform. If a conflict arises between these Guidelines and a mandatory rule of the third-party platform, the applicable third-party platform requirement may govern the relevant technical or platform-specific matter.

The LearnIN is not responsible for independent actions, outages, privacy practices or functionality of third-party platforms.

31Changes to These Guidelines

We may update these Guidelines from time to time to reflect changes in our communities, new communication channels, changes in technology, changes in applicable law, emerging safety or security risks, and changes in community practices.

The updated Guidelines will be published on www.thelearnin.com with a revised “Last Updated” date.

32Relationship With Other Policies

These Guidelines should be read together with the applicable The LearnIN policies, including:

• Terms of Use
• Privacy Policy
• Cookie Policy
• IP Policy
• Content Integrity Policy
• Expert Terms
• Membership Terms, where applicable
• Any applicable event-specific rules

A violation may therefore constitute a violation of more than one applicable policy.

33No Waiver of Legal Rights

Nothing in these Guidelines is intended to exclude, restrict or waive any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted. The LearnIN may take action to maintain community standards while respecting applicable law and legally protected rights.

34Contact Information

The LearnIN — a brand owned and operated by Kosmeron Intellect Private Limited.

Registered Office

Graphix Tower, A-13, Ground Floor, Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh – 201301, India

The LearnIN Website

www.thelearnin.com

Community & General Support

support@thelearnin.com