City of Woodburn Social Media Policy
Information Concerning Policies for Posting on Social Media and Page Monitoring
Thank you for becoming a fan of the City of Woodburn. Please note the following guidelines on posting statements, status updates, links, comments, questions, information, images, etc. of any content City of Woodburn social media.
The City shall not discriminate against public speech based on content or viewpoint. However, the following prohibited content may be removed by the City:
- Comments not topically related to the particular posted article being commented upon.
- Profane language or content.
- Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income or other protected status under applicable law.
- Inappropriate sexual content or links to inappropriate sexual content.
- Solicitations of commerce.
- Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity.
- Private and confidential information.
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
- Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party.
The City does not endorse or sponsor any advertising posted by the social media host on the City’s site.
The City does not guarantee reliability and accuracy of any third-party links.
The City reserves the right to remove any conversation which is prohibited by the social media terms of use. Submission of a post constitutes acceptance of this policy, which may be revised at any time.
Monitoring
City social media is monitored by the City of Woodburn’s Public Affairs and Communications Manager. Sites are monitored Monday through Friday, and as needed on weekends. We strive to reply to comments, questions and posts within 24 hours.
Posts that are deemed inappropriate/objectionable will be deleted. Complaints and alerts from users about posts or comments will be reviewed for content violations. If reported posts are found to be objectionable or inappropriate, they will be deleted by the Administrators of this page.
