Social Media Directory

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS POLICY

We welcome you and your comments to Deschutes County’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.  This conditional access to the County’s social media sites is provided as a courtesy in order to facilitate the sharing of information that is of public interest within the County. We encourage you to submit your questions, comments and concerns. Comments should relate to the post and the functions, services, activities, issues, operations and projects of Deschutes County.

The County’s social media sites are routinely monitored by County staff. The County reserves the right to hide or remove repeat, voluminous and/or serial user-generated posts in addition to posts containing content which:

• contains offensive language that targets or discriminates on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or intellectual disability or sexual orientation or such other protected classes
• incites or promotes violence or illegal activities
• is off topic
• is obscene
• contains threats or personal attacks
• promotes or endorses political campaigns or candidates
• infringes on copyrights or trademarks
• promotes a commercial entity or interest
• contains images or links to content containing any of the above

Violations of this policy subjects the offending user to being blocked from use of the County’s social media sites. Adherence to this policy ensures a pleasant experience for all users of the County’s social media sites. All users of the County’s social media sites are deemed to give their implied consent to this disclaimer by their use of such social media sites.

The views and comments expressed on the County’s social media sites do not necessarily reflect the opinions and position of the County or its employees. If you have any questions about the operation of this moderated online discussion site, please contact County Administration at media@deschutes.org.

Disclaimer:
Opinions expressed using social applications and other social solutions that Deschutes County has implemented, except as specifically noted, are those of the individual authors. Views presented in these forums do not necessarily represent the views or policies of, or endorsement by, Deschutes County.