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Social Media House Rules

Social Media House Rules

 

Our social media channels will feature a variety of information from our services and partners, keeping you informed and up to date with what is happening across the district. 

We're here to help in any way that we can, but we expect users to offer us the same level of courtesy that we offer them. We want our social media channels to be safe spaces and a place for healthy, open and insightful discussion, which is why we have a short set of house rules: 

  • All users must comply with the social media platform's Terms of Use as well as our own terms of use.
  • We will remove, in whole or in part, posts that we feel are inappropriate, or discriminatory against any individual or group.
  • You are wholly responsible for any content you post including content that you choose to share.
  • We will remove messages and/or disable comments (where function allows) including reporting and/or blocking users on our social media channels who post messages at us which we believe are

           Abusive or obscene

           Deceptive or misleading

           In violation of any intellectual property rights, including copyright

           In violation of any law or regulation

           Spam and off-topic content (persistent negative and/or abusive posts in which the aim is to provoke a response)

           Promotional material, including links to external websites and promotions

  • Anyone repeatedly engaging with us using content or language which falls into the above categories will be blocked and/or reported to the associated social media platform. We will not tolerate or respond to abusive messages.
  • We must remain politically neutral at all times on social media which is why council officers are unable to reply to, endorse or engage with, any content that is of a party political nature. If you wish to discuss political issues, please contact your local councillor.

Please note our social media is only routinely monitored during normal office hours.  If you need to contact the Council outside of these times, please call our out of hours number on 01304 821199.