If a talk does not follow the Content Guidelines or Copyright Guidelines, organizers have the discretion to withhold the talk. They must inform both TED staff and the speaker(s) that they have made this decision, along with their reasoning.
If a talk does not follow the Content Guidelines or Copyright Guidelines and the organizer chooses to upload the talk, TEDx reserves the right to add an editorial flag describing how the talk falls outside the guidelines or to decline its publication.
No bad science:
TED and TEDx are platforms for showcasing and explaining genuine advances in science that are backed by research.
Scientific claims by speakers should be based on data that has survived scrutiny by experts in the field. Speakers should be transparent about the basis for any factual claims, and the scientific evidence for them.
The consequences of pseudoscience can be especially severe, and speakers should not misuse scientific language to make unsubstantiated claims.
Talks are thoughtful, not divisive:
No talks with an inflammatory political or religious agenda, nor polarizing “us vs them” language.
We seek to build consensus and provide outside-the-box thinking, not to revisit familiar, unresolvable disputes on these topics.
