Terms of Use
Relevant First Amendment caselaw permits us to hide or delete certain comments on our social media accounts. Comments directly advocating violence or illegal activity. Comments containing obscenity, which is defined as sexually explicit and/or pornographic content that is patently offensive, appeals to prurient interest, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific
value;
c. Comments that directly promote or advocate that we illegally discriminate based on race, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected class;
d. Comments containing links to malware and/or malicious content that affects the normal functioning of a computer system, server, or browser;
e. Duplicate comments posted repeatedly within a short period of time;
f. Comments containing actual defamation against a person, either as determined by a court or comments that are patently defamatory by easily discovered facts;
g. Comments that contain images or other content that violate the intellectual property or copyright rights of someone else, if the owner of that property notifies us that the property was posted in a comment on our social media account(s). Comments that contain a hyperlink to any website other than those controlled by the City of Delaware. This will be done without regard to the viewpoint of the comment containing such a link or the content of the site to which the link redirects.
