Willamalane Social Media Community Guidelines

Limited Public Forum

Willamalane’s social media sites constitute a limited public forum. All comments must comply with the terms of use of the third-party social media service and Willamalane’s social media community guidelines. 

Content Monitoring 

Willamalane’s social media channels are monitored by district staff during regular business hours, not 24 hours a day. Comments, messages, posts, and questions will be responded to in a timely fashion.

Social Media Community Guidelines

Willamalane aims to honor and encourage freedom of speech, but reserves the right to determine which comments are unacceptable for its social media pages.

1. Willamalane reserves the right to determine which comments are unacceptable or objectionable for its page, and fans that repeatedly violate this social media comment policy may be banned.
2. Comments should relate to Willamalane matters and to the topics being discussed in the original post and not contain spam, advertising, or solicitations, advocate illegal activity or violence, products or political organizations, infringe on copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property rights of others.
3. Comments should not contain or imply abusive or vulgar language, sexually explicit subject matter, hate speech, derogatory terms, threats, or offensive content.
4. Comments should not contain personal attacks or defamatory remarks about a person or group’s age, education, ethnicity, race, family status, gender, national origin, class, physical ability or qualities, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, thought processes, or personality.
5. A posted comment is the opinion of the poster only and does not imply endorsement or agreement by Willamalane, its elected officials, or employees.
6. Comments should not endorse or defame candidates for political office or stances on current ballot measures.
7. Comments are not considered formal public comment, but they may be shared with the Willamalane Board of Directors or employees for general consideration.
8. The district reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to hide or delete posted comments that are inconsistent with this policy and restrict accounts that repeatedly violate our community guidelines.
9. Submission of a comment constitutes acceptance of this policy, which may be revised at any time.

Willamalane Responsibility

Willamalane takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for comments made by third parties on Willamalane’s social media sites. Those who engage with the district’s social media or otherwise connect and share information from its social media sites do not represent the views or opinions of Willamalane. The district’s social media sites do not allow external parties to post on behalf of the district. The comments expressed on the district’s social media sites do not reflect the opinions or position of Willamalane, its employees, or elected officials. If you have any questions concerning how Willamalane social media sites are moderated, please contact the marketing and communication team at commengage@willamalane.org