Freedom to speak
Describe what you personally experienced, including dissatisfaction, delays, disagreement or positive feedback. Clearly separate what you observed from your opinion, interpretation or question.
Read testimony, questions and responses already published in the Atlantic exchange space.
Positive, neutral and critical testimony are welcome. A message is not refused merely because it criticizes Atlantic. Publication depends on relevance to the case experience, factual presentation, privacy and respectful language.
Describe what you personally experienced, including dissatisfaction, delays, disagreement or positive feedback. Clearly separate what you observed from your opinion, interpretation or question.
Use dates, letters, actions and outcomes that relate to your case. When something is an interpretation, say “I believe”, “in my experience” or “I understood”. Avoid legal conclusions unless they are documented in the materials you actually received.
The Exchange Space is a separate editorial channel from the case-handling workflow. A publication decision does not decide, change, validate or prejudge the legal or financial outcome of a case. Approval of a testimony also does not mean that Atlantic confirms every factual statement made by its author.
Moderation concerns publication suitability, not whether a testimony is favorable to Atlantic. Critical content can be published when it complies with these rules.
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