Terms of Use

Last updated: October 2026

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Permitted Use

The site’s writing and structured data are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You may share and adapt them, including commercially, provided you:

• credit Modern Politics and link back to the page you drew from,
• indicate whether you changed anything, and
• share alike — release any adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0 or a compatible license.

The software that builds the site is separate. It is proprietary, is not covered by that license, and may not be copied or reused.

User Responsibilities

• Do not attempt to compromise the security or integrity of the site or related services.
• Do not use automated scraping tools that exceed reasonable request limits or bypass access controls.
• Respect privacy by refraining from submitting personal data without consent when suggesting edits or sharing sources.

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Intellectual Property

Modern Politics holds copyright in its original writing and design assets, and licenses that writing to the public under the terms in Permitted Use above. The site’s name and wordmark are not covered by that license and may not be used in a way that suggests endorsement of, or affiliation with, a reuse.

Disclaimers

• Information is provided “as is” without warranty of completeness or fitness for a particular purpose.
• We make good-faith efforts to maintain accuracy but cannot guarantee that all content is error-free.
• External links do not imply endorsement of third-party sites, content, or services.

Limitation of Liability

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Privacy

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Availability

The site is published as a set of static pages and carries no accounts or logins, so there is nothing here to suspend on a per-reader basis. We may restrict, change, or withdraw any part of the site at any time, and make no commitment that it will remain available or unchanged.

Changes to the Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. Major updates are noted on the Blog / Updates page.