The Township of Ear Falls' Social Media Policy establishes basic principles, guidelines and procedures for staff for the use and management of Social Media on behalf of the municipality. A copy of the Policy can be found at www.ear-falls.com or from the Municipal Office. PUBLIC POSTING RULES
Individuals utilizing Township of Ear Falls’ Social Media sites shall respect that their posted content (comments, photos, links, etc) must be related to the Site’s purpose as defined in the Social Media Communications Plan. The following are prohibited on Township of Ear Falls Social Media sites:
• Comments or content that is not topically related to the site.
• Posts and comments that promote or advertise commercial services, entities or products except as determined by the Township to be beneficial to local economic development.
• Political statements, including comments that endorse or oppose political candidates or ballot propositions.
• Religious statements, including comments that endorse or oppose any type of religious opinions or stereotypes.
• Posts and comments that promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or status with regard to public assistance.
• Posts and comments that include vulgar, offensive, threatening or harassing language, personal attacks or unsupported accusations.
• Obscene or sexual content or links to obscene or sexual content, illegal activity or encouragement of illegal activity.
• Content that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party. Repeated requests on the same topic may be deleted at the discretion of the Designated Employee(s). The Township of Ear Falls reserves the right to remove posted content that does not comply with these rules, and in repeated cases, ban users from the Township Social Media sites. All content posted to Township of Ear Falls Social Media sites will be periodically reviewed. Communications made through Township of Ear Falls Social Media sites in no way constitute a legal or official notice or comment to the Township of Ear Falls. (For example, a post or comment that asks for public records will not be considered a public records request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.) To comment about a specific project or program, please contact the appropriate Department Head, the Administrator or Council. CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about the Township of Ear Falls Social Media Policy or its implementation, or if you find incorrect information or are interested in seeking permissions that fall outside of the guidelines above, please contact the Township’s staff at [email protected] or at the Municipal Office.
