Social Media Guidelines

Fraser Coast Regional Council encourages all members of the community to share ideas and interact on our Facebook page but there are specific Terms and Conditions and protocol that must be followed.

In order to provide a positive experience for all social media users, Council will intervene and remove posts when they are deemed to have breached these terms and conditions.

The terms and conditions include, but are not limited to:

  • Posts or comments deemed to be prejudiced, racist, defamatory, offensive, off-topic, irrelevant, repetitive or otherwise inappropriate will be hidden or removed.
  • Offensive language will not be tolerated (even in abbreviations).
  • Harassment or personal attacks on Council or other users will be removed.
  • Speculation or comment on legal matters or legislation will be removed.
  • Revealing sensitive information about others will be removed.
  • Do not repost others’ appeals.
  • Links to other Facebook pages, any non-government or off-topic page will be removed.
  • Content that constitutes advertising, promotion of commercial interests, solicitation or endorsements or non-governmental products and services will be removed.
  • Comments of a political nature or that could be interpreted as campaigning will be removed.
  • During the caretaker period stricter rules will apply to those commenting on the Facebook page.

Any users found breaching these guidelines may be banned from the Fraser Coast Regional Council social media pages.

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