Terms of Use

MIL is a media and information literacy platform created as part of the Youth Empowerment in South Lebanon project. It brings together articles, fact checks, learning materials and tools that help people find, evaluate and share information responsibly.

By using the website, creating an account or contributing content, you agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, please don't use MIL.

Anyone can read MIL, browse its resources and ask Ask MIL questions without an account. To like, comment on or contribute content, you need a contributor account.

Contributor accounts are for people aged 16 and over. If you are under 18, you confirm that a parent or guardian has agreed to you creating an account.

When you register, you give us accurate information about yourself, confirm your email address, and wait for our team to approve your account. We may decline an account, or close it later, for example when its details can't be verified.

You are responsible for everything done through your account:

Contributors can submit articles, fact checks and other content in English, Arabic or both. Every submission is reviewed before it's published, so MIL stays accurate and safe for everyone. Here is how it works:

MIL is a space for learning and honest discussion. When you use it, you agree not to:

Signed-in contributors can like and comment on published articles. Keep comments on topic and respectful; you can edit or delete your own comments at any time.

If you see something that breaks these terms, use “Report this content” on the article or comment. Anyone can report an article, and contributors can also report comments. We review every report, and we may remove content or restrict accounts as a result. Please don't report content just because you disagree with it.

Ask MIL is an AI assistant that helps you check claims, assess sources and learn verification skills. Its answers are generated automatically and can be incomplete or wrong, so check the sources it cites and use your own judgement before relying on an answer or sharing it.

Ask MIL doesn't give professional, legal or medical advice. Don't include sensitive personal information in your questions. To keep it available to everyone, we limit how many questions each person can ask in a given period.

You keep the rights to the content you contribute. By submitting it, you give MIL a free, non-exclusive licence to publish, translate, adapt, display and share it on the platform and in MIL's educational activities, always credited to you as the author. For content that is already published, this licence continues if you close your account.

You confirm that you have the right to share what you submit, including any images, videos or quotes in it. Everything else on MIL, including its design, logo, learning materials and texts written by our team, belongs to MIL or its partners and may not be reused without permission, except for personal, non-commercial learning.

MIL links to fact-checking organizations, verification tools, guides and other external resources, and articles may embed videos or posts from other platforms. We choose them carefully, but we don't control them and aren't responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices. Their own terms apply when you visit them.

We work hard to keep MIL accurate and available, but the platform is provided “as is”. Published contributions reflect the views of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of MIL or the project's partners.

To the extent the law allows, MIL is not liable for any loss arising from your use of the platform, from content posted by others, or from decisions made on the basis of information found on it.

We may remove content, or suspend or close an account, if these terms are broken, if the law requires it, or to protect other users. Where we can, we'll tell you why and give you a chance to respond.

You can stop using MIL at any time. To close your account, contact us (see “Contact us” below). Your published contributions may stay online under the licence above unless you ask us to remove them.

We may update these terms as MIL grows. Before significant changes take effect, we'll show a notice on the website or email registered contributors. The date at the top of this page shows when the terms last changed, and using MIL after that means you accept the updated terms.

If you have a question about these terms, or want to report a problem with your account, contact the MIL team using the details at the bottom of every page.