This notice discloses the User Policy of GMA News Online or www.gmanetwork.com/news. The readership of GMA News Online consists of Users from the Philippines and across the world accessing its stories and multimedia content. You, as the online User, can read articles, watch videos, read podcasts, and engage in interactive content using your browsing device at any given time. If you have encountered problems in your User experience or would like to provide feedback on the matter, please email us at feedback@gmanews.tv.

GMA News Online or www.gmanetwork.com/news (abbreviated as GNO, or also collectively labeled as “we,” “our,” or “us”) is owned and operated by GMA Network, Inc. and its subsidiaries. It serves as the official news website of GMA Network, Inc. and is under the gmanetwork.com portal.

The Users (collectively labeled as “you”) are the audiences who visit, read, watch, and engage with content published on GNO.

Other publishers are collectively labeled as “their” or “theirs”.

GNO is a Philippine news website, accessible for free online. The website contains materials such as articles, videos, photos, illustrations, podcasts, multimedia, and interactive content, among others. All are protected by copyright, unless stated otherwise. The User must abide by this and other additional restrictions (i.e. georestrictions) on content published on the website.

The User may view, engage with, and download content from GNO for personal, educational, and non-commercial use. GNO or its representations shall not be held liable for the damages that result from the personal, educational, and non-commercial use of content from our news website.

If you are running a commercial blog, social media page, or website, you may opt to use GNO content for your published story. You may quote, embed, or link GNO or related collaterals in your stories. If you aim to use GNO content in your publication (both online and offline) regularly, or if you want to make use of GNO content beyond commercial purposes, we encourage establishing a partnership with us. You may email feedback@gmanews.tv with your intent in the subject line.

You may not cut and paste, mirror, modify, download, or republish, among other content manipulation techniques, GNO branding, articles, and audio/visual content for purposes that may cause harm (i.e. spreading mis/disinformation). Such actions will be subject to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and will receive appropriate legal action.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been reproduced and republished on GNO without your authorization, you may notify our legal department at feedback@gmanews.tv with your intent in the subject line.

All content in GNO has undergone strict editorial verification and review before publication. We also invest heavily in our content management and analytics systems to provide the best User experience.

However, no method of content management is completely foolproof. While we are putting all our efforts into providing the most accurate and engaging content first, we cannot guarantee such will be the case every time.

Therefore, we acknowledge that our content may not be guaranteed to be error-free (grammatical errors, factual omissions, inaccuracies, delays in publication, or stated otherwise). Our front-end and back-end systems may also become prone to disruptions causing a rough User experience. Ultimately, GNO reserves the right to address these issues through modification, restriction, or discontinuance of any portion of our website at any given date and time to provide the best content and experience to its Users.

GNO makes use of third-party services which publish advertisements. Do note that we are not responsible for products or services that may be advertised by these third parties on our site.

If you wish to submit content (i.e. article or audiovisual material) to GNO for publication, you must make sure that the content follows a set of community guidelines.

1. It is in no way pornographic in nature.
2. It must not cause or lead to any form of harm (including physical or mental).
3. It must not sensationalize rape, incest, and abuse against women, children, the elderly, animals, among others.
4. It must not demonstrate the construction and creation of deadly weapons, such as bombs and guns.
5. It must not showcase personal information of the User or any living persons (i.e. home address, contact information, usernames and passwords, government ID details).
6. Unless allowed by a parental or legal guardian, personal information related to minors is not allowed.

GNO also reserves the right to ask for additional information, to confirm details from other sources, and to opt not to publish or unpublish the submitted content when the need arises.

GNO reserves the right to amend this User Policy at any time to comply with the latest laws and regulations or reflect changes in our business operations and environment. It is encouraged that you periodically review the User Policy on our website for the latest information.