City of North Richland Hills Social Media Policy
Terms of Use
The City of North Richland Hills’ presence on social media sites is intended for informational purposes only. If you wish to contact city officials or to request city services, please visit the city’s official website, www.nrhtx.com, or call City Hall at 817- 427-6000. The city’s social media sites are maintained and moderated by city staff to ensure that posted comments are constructive and suitable for all readers while respecting a range of opinions and points of view. Posted comments must comply with the following regulations:
• Comments must be civil and may not contain slanderous, libelous, malicious, offensive, threatening, profane, or insulting language.
• References to the personality of individuals or personal attacks will not be permitted.
• Advertising or promotional announcements are not permitted.
• Comments must be within the scope of the topic under discussion.
• Comments cannot include personally identifiable information, such as an address, phone number, social security number, or other sensitive information.
• Comments cannot represent a person other than the one posting the comment.
• Comments containing links to other web sites or pages must be relevant to the topic.
• Comments cannot serve electoral campaign purposes. Political messages will not be published.
• Participants are responsible for what they post. Comments must not breach any law, confidentiality, or copyright. Anyone posting comments contrary to this Terms of Use policy may be prohibited from future participation. The City of North Richland Hills reserves the right to update these Terms of Use. Under the Texas Public Information Law, all electronic messages received by the City of North Richland Hills become City records and may be subject to disclosure to the public under the provisions of that statute. Disclaimer
The City of North Richland Hills does not warrant or make representations or endorsements as to the quality, content, suitability, accuracy, or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links, and other items contained on a social media site’s server or any other server. Such materials have been compiled from a variety of sources, and are subject to change without notice from the city. Except to the extent required by law, commercial use of the materials is prohibited without the written permission of the city. Some of the links on the city’s social media pages may lead to resources outside the City of North Richland Hills municipal government. The presence of these links should not be construed as an endorsement by the city of these sites or their content. The city is not responsible for the content of any such external link. The responsibility for content rests with the third party organizations who are providing the information. Except to the extent required by law, communications made through e-mail and comments posted shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to the City of North Richland Hills or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents, or representatives with respect to any existing or potential claim or cause of action against the agencies, officers, employees, agents or representatives where notice to the city is required by any federal, state or local laws, rules or its regulations. Notice of any claim must be filed in writing to the City Secretary of the City of North Richland Hills, 4301 City Point Dr., North Richland Hills, Texas, 76180.
