It should be made clear to the public that the City of Milton does not guarantee a response to any comments or messages sent on social media accounts. The public is encouraged to communicate comments or messages to which they desire a response through traditional means like email. Please be aware that when engaging with the City of Milton through social media, you are agreeing to:
Commenting on a
City of Milton social media site
City of Milton agencies share information, images and video with the public through external social media websites and platforms. Comments made by the public to these sites are reviewed and, while comments will not be edited by City of Milton personnel, a comment may be deleted if it violates the comment policy described here.
• Comments containing malicious or harmful software.
• Comments posted by automatic software programs (i.e., bots).
• Comments containing advertisements, promotions, or solicitations of a commercial product or service.
• Comments containing confidential, personal or sensitive information including, but not limited to, private medical information protected by HIPAA, social security numbers, and third party phone numbers and/or postal addresses.
• Comments containing or linking to obscenity, which is defined as sexually explicit and/or pornographic content that is patently offensive, appeals to the prurient interest, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
• Comments expressly advocating direct violence or other illegal activity.
• Copyrighted or trademarked materials in violation of state or federal law 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.
• Duplicate comments posted repeatedly within a short period of time, or spam.
• Comments that violate any local, state, or federal laws and/or is otherwise unlawful.
• Comments that expressly encourage or advocate City of Milton to illegally discriminate based on race, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.
• Comments containing actual defamation against a specifically named person or organization, either as determined by a court or that are patently defamatory by easily discovered facts.