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This document outlines the Borough of North Arlington's social media policy, establishing guidelines for the creation and use of social media sites as a means of conveying information to the public. The policy applies to all municipal agencies, departments, employees, volunteers, and affiliated organizations permitted to post on Borough social media sites. It emphasizes the Borough's overriding interest in controlling what is communicated on its behalf and sets forth rules regarding the establishment, administration, and content of these sites.
The policy dictates that all sites must be approved by the Borough Administrator, adhere to the Social Media Policy, and link back to the official Borough website. The policy also restricts certain content, including profane or discriminatory material, and clarifies that comments posted by the public are the opinions of the commentators and do not necessarily reflect the Borough's views. The policy also addresses breach of policy and terms of use.
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--- Document: Social Media Policy Document ---
Purpose
Social Media Policy - Borough of North Arlington, New Jersey
This policy sets forth guidelines for the establishment and use by the Borough of North
Arlington ("the Borough") of all social media sites as a means of conveying North Arlington
related information to the public. The Borough has an overriding interest and expectation in
deciding what is "spoken" on behalf of the Borough on its social media sites.
For purposes of this policy, "social media" is understood to be content created by individuals,
using accessible, expandable, and upgradable publishing technologies, through and on the
Internet. Examples of social media include Facebook, blogs, MySpace, RSS, YouTube, Second
Life, Twitter, LinkedIn, Delicious, and Flicker. For purposes of this policy, "comments" include
information, articles and pictures. It also includes other communication medium created by the
Borough including but not limited to Nixle and reverse 911.
Scope
This policy shall apply to all municipal agencies and departments, employees and volunteers, as
well as any affiliated government or non-government agency, official or organization permitted
by the Borough to post on Borough social media sites.
General Policy
1. No Borough of North Arlington social media site shall be established without prior
approval of the Borough Administrator. The use by any municipal department of the
Borough's social media sites are subject to approval by the Borough Administrator or
his/her designees. All North Arlington social media sites shall be administered by the
Borough Administrator and/or his/her designee.
2. The Borough social media sites shall clearly set forth that they are maintained by the
Borough and that they follow this Social Media Policy. Any social media site which uses
the Borough name or relates in any way to Borough government activities and which is not
maintained by the Borough and has not been approved by the Borough Administrator or
his/her designees, shall clearly state that the social media site is not authorized or
maintained by the Borough.
3. Wherever possible, the Borough social media sites should link back to the official North
Arlington website for forms, documents, online services and other information necessary
to conduct business with North Arlington.
4. The Borough of North Arlington social media sites are not to be used for making any
official communications to the Borough, for example, reporting crimes or misconduct,
reporting dangerous conditions, giving notice required by any statute, ordinance or
regulation such as, but not limited to, notices of claim. Prominent notice of this paragraph
shall be displayed on every Borough social media site, along with the appropriate contact
information for submitting official communications.
5. This Social Media Policy shall be placed on the Borough of North Arlington Website and
all social media sites.
6. The Borough Administrator and/or his/her designee shall monitor Borough social media
sites to ensure adherence to both this Social Media Policy and the interest and goals of the
Borough. North Arlington has the right and will restrict or remove any content that is
deemed in violation of this Social Media Policy or any applicable law. Any content
removed based on these guidelines will be retained by the Borough Administrator and/or
her/her designee pursuant to the applicable Borough retention policy, including the time,
date and identity of the poster, when available.
7. These guidelines must be displayed to users or made available by hyperlink.
8. The Borough will maintain as consistent an approach as possible toward the use of social
media tools, enterprise wide.
9. The Borough of North Arlington website at www.NorthArlington.org will remain the
Borough's primary and predominant internet presence.
10. The Borough social media sites and this Policy are subject to all applicable federal and NJ
laws and regulations, as well as applicable record retention requirements.
11. Employees representing The Borough's government via its social media sites must conduct
themselves at all times as a representative of The Borough and in accordance with all its
policies.
12. This Social Media Policy may be revised at any time by approval of the Borough Council.
13. Any volunteer organization may request the Borough share or promote their information
on the official Borough social media and website. This must be submitted to the Borough
Administrator or his/her designee for review and approval.
Comment Policy
1. As a public entity, the Borough must abide by certain standards to serve all its constituents
in a civil and unbiased manner.
2. The intended purpose behind establishing the Borough social media sites is to disseminate
information from the Borough to the public.
3. Comments containing any of the following inappropriate forms of content shall not be
permitted on the Borough social media sites and are subject to removal and/or restriction
by the Borough Administrator and/or his/her designees.
a. Profane, obscene, violent, or pornographic content and/or language, or sexually
suggestive or links to such materials. Any image or link containing minors or
suspected minors in sexual and/or provocative situations will be reported to law
enforcement;
b. Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race,
creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin, marital status, status with
regard to public assistance, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
c. Defamatory attacks;
d. Threats to any person or organization;
e. Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business
or product for sale;
f. Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
g. Encouragement of illegal activity;
h. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or
public systems;
i. Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party if
the Borough is properly notified that such content and/or submission infringes on
another's intellectual property rights;
j. Private contact information such as names, addresses and phone numbers no matter
how easily obtained elsewhere;
k. Personal information of a person other than the poster;
1. Spamming or repetitive content; and
m. Comments from children under 13 cannot be posted in order to comply with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection ACT. By posting on a Borough media site,
users acknowledge that they are at least 13 years old.
4. A comment posted by a member of the public on any North Arlington social media site is
the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and publication of a comment does not
imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the Borough, nor do such comments necessarily
reflect the opinions or policies of the Borough.
5. Any attempt to hack or otherwise compromise the Borough's internet or social media sites
will be reported to law enforcement and the perpetrator will be denied access to the sites.
6. The Borough reserves the right to deny access to its social media sites for any individual
who violates this Social Media Policy, at any time and without prior notice.
7. Municipal Departments shall monitor their social media sites for comments requesting
responses from the Borough and for comments in violation of this policy.
8. When a Borough employee responds to a comment, in his/her capacity as a Borough
employee, the employee's name and title should be made available, and the employee shall
not share personal information about himself or herself, or other Borough employees.
9. All comments posted to any North Arlington Facebook site are bound by all applicable
terms and conditions of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, located at
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php and the Borough reserves the right to report any
violation of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to Facebook with the
intent of Facebook taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action. All Borough
policies are applicable to interactions on social media sites when acting in an official
capacity and representing the Borough.
Breach of Policy
1. Borough Staff may be required to remove internet postings on Borough social media sites
which are deemed to constitute a breach of this Policy, as determined by the Borough
Administrator subject to applicable archiving and retention requirements.
2. Any social media site created by a Borough employee, Borough official and/or Borough
entity and/or commission remains the property of the Borough, including all the followers
and friends generated by the site. If the person who created the site leaves the employment
of the Borough, or leaves a Borough commission, they must relinquish everything related
to the site including usernames, passwords and/or access codes or information.
Terms of Use Disclosure (to be posted on all Borough Social Media Sites)
A. Information Disclaimer
By visiting this site, you understand and agree that this Borough of North Arlington government
site is provided "AS IS". North Arlington government makes every effort to provide accurate and
complete information on this website. The information contained herein is not official nor in any
way shall it be deemed to constitute legal notice where such legal notice is required by law. The
information contained in this site is provided as a service and convenience to people needing
information about the Borough of North Arlington government. Portions of the information on
this site may be incorrect or not current. The Borough of North Arlington government, its
officers, employees or agents shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of
or in connection with the use or performance of information, including but not limited to,
damages or losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy or timeliness of any such information, or
damages incurred from the viewing, distributing, or copying of those materials.
B. Linking Policy
This Borough of North Arlington government site contains links to outside websites. These
websites are not owned, operated, controlled or reviewed by the Borough of North Arlington
government. These links are provided solely as a courtesy and convenience to you, the visitor.
The Borough of North Arlington government, its officers or employees, exercise no control over
the organizations, views, accuracy, copyright or trademark, compliance or the legality of the
material contained in these outside websites. The Borough of North Arlington government, its
officers or employees, do not sponsor, endorse, or approve the information, content, proceeds,
materials, opinions or services contained on such outside websites. The visitor proceeds to these
outside websites at his/her own risk. The Borough of North Arlington government specifically
disclaims any and all liability from damages which may result from the accessing of a third-party
site which is linked to the Borough of North Arlington government website or from reliance
upon such information.
C. Endorsement Disclaimer
Reference in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use
of any trade firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and
does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Borough of North
Arlington government or its officers, employees or agents.
D. Copyright and Trademark Limitations
The Borough of North Arlington government makes no warranty that materials contained herein
are free of copyright or trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or
display. Making a copy of such material may be subject to copyright or trademark laws.
E. Use of material from this site
The Borough of North Arlington government has made the content of these pages available to
the public and anyone may view, copy or distribute the Borough of North Arlington government
information found here without obligation to the Borough of North Arlington government for
non-commercial, personal use only, unless otherwise stated on particular material or information
to which a restriction on free use may apply.
The design of this site, original graphics, and original content are all copyrighted by the Borough
of North Arlington and may not be re-engineered, distributed, modified, transmitted, re-used,
reposted, or duplicated without the express written permission of the Borough of North Arlington
in each instance. All requests to use any part of the original design, code, graphics or content of
this site should be made via e-mail to the Borough Administrator
F. Unauthorized Modifications
Unauthorized attempts to modify or otherwise alter any information or image stored on any
Borough of North Arlington government website may result in criminal prosecution.Protected Document Content
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