Rules
By posting or commenting on any social media account created by City of Spring Valley Village, you participate by your own choice and take personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information you provide therein. You further agree to the following terms of use:
The City of Spring Valley Village maintains a social media program for the purpose of engaging and interacting with our community, providing relevant and timely community news, information and events, distribution of crime prevention and public safety tips. City staff welcomes a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments relevant to the topic in question. Posting of any content on any social media platform used by the City of Spring Valley Village by any visitor, follower, subscriber or fan, constitutes acceptance of the terms of use described here in this policy. The City of Spring Valley Village social media accounts are intended to be "family friendly." When applicable, the City uses platform-provided content moderation/filtering options to limit foul or obscene content. City of Spring Valley Village Social Media accounts will only “Friend”, “Like”, or “Follow” other official government accounts, or as provided in the City’s Information Outlet Policy. City of Spring Valley Village will NOT “Friend” or “Like” other business pages, city employees, local elected officials and/or other organizations. A comment posted by a member of the public on any City of Spring Valley Village social media accounts is the opinion of the commentator or poster only. Publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the City of Spring Valley Village, nor do such comments necessarily reflect our opinions or policies. All comments posted to any official City of Spring Valley Village social media site are bound by each site’s Community Standards. City of Spring Valley Village actively monitors its social media account and will remove inappropriate content as defined below, without prior notice, and as soon as possible. The City reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the City Administrator and/or Police Chief or his/her designee and/or social media site managers. The City of Spring Valley Village reserves the right to remove comments that are offensive or profane in nature. User comments will be removed (if possible) when the content:
1. Is off-subject or out of context
2. Is a personal attack
3. Is threatening, defamatory, harassing or discriminatory
4. Contains obscenity, profanity or material that appeals to the prurient interest
5. Contains personal identifying information or sensitive personal information
6. Violates the right to privacy
7. Contains offensive terms that target protected classes
8. Promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin
9. Displays or describes conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law or encouragement of illegal activity
10. May reasonably interfere with, inhibit, or compromise law enforcement investigations, tactics, responses to incidents and/or the safety of Spring Valley Village Police Department or City staff
11. Contains information that reasonably could compromise individual or public safety
12. Incites or promotes violence or illegal activities
13. Violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party
14. Advertises or promotes a commercial product or service, or any entity or individual
15. Promotes or endorses political campaigns or candidates
This is not an all-inclusive list. The City further reserves the right to temporarily ban access to the City’s social media accounts for repeated postings that contain off topic, offensive or profane remarks and to permanently ban access if such comments continue when access is reinstated. If a user wishes to contest the removal or hiding of their content, or their denial of access ("banned") from the City’s social media accounts, the user may do so by emailing [email protected]. City of Spring Valley Village social media sites are subject to applicable public records laws. Any content maintained in a social media format related to City of Spring Valley Village business, including communication posted by the City of Spring Valley Village and communication received from citizens, may be a public record.
