TERMS OF USE – CITY OF LONDON FACEBOOK PAGE
Comments on the City of London’s wall are welcome however we expect everyone who participates in online commentary with us to follow a few simple rules. By posting on the City of London’s page, you agree to comply with these Terms of Use. In particular, you agree that you will not post comments containing defamatory or obscene material or any material prohibited by the laws of Canada or other applicable jurisdictions. The City of London reserves the right to remove all comments, including comments that violate these Terms of Use. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
Examples of inappropriate content that will be removed by social media moderators include but are not limited to the following:
• Provides the personal information of individuals.
• Promotes, perpetuates or fosters discrimination on the basis of race, creed, colour, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, nationality, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation.
• Is a personal attack on an individual or specific group.
• Is profane or abusive.
• Is sexually explicit or links to content that is sexually explicit.
• Conducts or encourages illegal activity.
• Is commercial in nature and is attempting to advertise, promote or sell products or services of an individual or an individual business
• Is for the purposes of promoting a candidate for municipal, provincial or federal election.
• May tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
• Violates a legal ownership interest of another party.
• Does not comply with municipal, provincial or federal legislation.
• Promotes an individual religion or religious service.
• Is defamatory.
• Links to inappropriate content. Notwithstanding the criteria listed above, the City reserves the right to post, refuse to post, or remove, any event from its page at any time, without notice. Community events:
Members of the public are also welcome to submit event information for consideration for inclusion on the City’s page. The City may, in its sole discretion, post that information if that event is open to the general public, occurs within the boundaries of the City of London and meets one of the following criteria:
• Organized or funded by another order of government.
• Organized by a government-funded agency or board.
• Organized by a City of London affiliated group.
• Organized by a charitable organization with a registered charitable number and operating within the City of London.
• Organized by a service club operating within the City of London performing work that benefits London residents.
• Organized by a business improvement area for general promotional purposes.
• Located in a facility owned or leased by the City of London. To report inappropriate comments on the City of London’s page, please email [email protected]. When you registered for your Facebook account, you provided personal information to Facebook. We’d like to remind you that if you don’t have your privacy settings restricted, anyone who is a fan of our page could potentially view your personal information. We strongly encourage you to review your personal privacy settings and if you don’t restrict your privacy settings, then you have consented to the display and release of your personal information. About your personal information. Personal information, which includes your Internet Provider (IP) address, is being collected, managed, processed and or stored by a third party service provider and is therefore, not in the sole domain, custody and control of the City of London. Additionally, your personal information may cross the border to a foreign jurisdiction and will therefore, be subject to the governing laws of that jurisdiction. What may happen to content posted to our page. Any articles or content posted to the City of London page are subject to public disclosure. This means that the City of London could be compelled to disclose information from its page - if it were ever called for in connection with a matter before the courts. Remember too that “anonymous” postings may not remain anonymous if the court orders Facebook to disclose your account information. Our Facebook Commitment:
• While the City of London will take a balanced approach between reaching out to citizens– through venues like public meetings, and opportunities to provide feedback on our website – we also recognize that real-time platforms, like Facebook, provide us with a great way to reach you where you are – rather than you coming to us.
• • We will post topics and updates on city activities and, from time to time, we’ll ask for your feedback. This information will be reported back to staff, and sometimes Council, and will continually be monitored.
• • We will strive to be current, responsive to comments that contain inaccurate or inappropriate content.
• We look forward to hearing from you.
