Social Media Policy
Engaging with community members, partner agencies and other civic groups is a vital part of the dialogue that the City of Corvallis hopes to foster on its social media pages. Administrative Procedure 9.03 governs use of social media by City staff and the general public. The information on this page is taken from AP 9.03 and details community engagement and content management on City-run social media pages.
The City welcomes comments and dialogue from social media users. Individual social media services, such as Facebook and Nextdoor, each have their own terms of service, which all users (including the City of Corvallis) explicitly agree to when they sign up to use the site or service. Social media companies may enforce content restrictions pursuant to their terms of service.
In addition, consistent with state law, the City of Corvallis may moderate content on City-run social media pages by hiding or deleting comments that violate this social media policy. Comments posted to City-run social media sites should be pertinent to the topic(s) being discussed and should not include the following content:
- Personal attacks, insults, or threatening language;
- Libelous and/or defamatory statements;
- Copyrighted or trademarked materials without written approval;
- Confidential or draft only information from City sources;
- Private or personal information;
- Inaccurate or factually false information;
- Vulgar, profane, violent, sexist, racist, threatening language or imagery;
- Commercial promotions or spam
Content that violates this social media policy may be removed with or without prior notification. By engaging with City-run social media pages, members of the public acknowledge and agree to these guidelines.
