This page is the official Facebook account for the City of Columbus, KS city government. The City of Columbus embraces and encourages the appropriate use of social media to communicate and exchange information with the public. This page should act as a limited public forum where users are welcome to ask questions, share concerns, and gain insight into how their government operates. The City of Col
umbus reserves the right to monitor and remove inappropriate or illegal content. Social media users are prohibited from using city social media accounts to send or solicit content that:
• is off-subject or irrelevant to the city or department’s mission or events
• contains obscenity, sexual content or links to such content
• contains confidential information or personally identifiable information
• contains copyrighted, proprietary or intellectual property without express written permission of the owner
• is threatening, defaming, discriminatory, harassing, or retaliatory
• incites or promotes violence or abuse, hate (crimes), or illegal activities
• contains offensive language that targets protected classes
• contains information that reasonably could compromise individual or public safety
• advertises or promotes a commercial product, service, or any entity or individual
• promotes or endorses political campaigns or candidates
• content that holds the City of Columbus, its departments, officers, employees or public officials in false light
• contains information that could compromise or damage the mission, function, reputation or professional image of the city, its departments and facilities
• information that violates operational security, shares data that is restricted from public disclosure, or is protected by law
• violates the city’s Conflict of Interest policy or would personally benefit the user
• is not authorized by the department head, public information manager or their designee See Less
