The official Facebook page of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida highlights events and places that make our city such great place to live and work.
CITY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCEPTABLE USE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS TO ENCOURAGE COURTEOUS AND CIVIL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL USERS. THE APPEARANCE OF EXTERNAL LINKS ON THIS SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THIS SITE IS NOT MONITORED AT ALL TIMES. USERS SHOULD NOT USE THIS SITE TO REPORT EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR TIME-SENSITIVE ISSUES. CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY COMMENTS OR POST WHICH HAVE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, INCITING VIOLENCE, PROMOTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OR WHICH ARE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY. ALL POSTS AND CONTENT ON THIS SITE ARE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORDS LAW. BY ENGAGING WITH THE CITY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF USE SET FORTH HEREIN.
Posts and content (including profile pictures or avatars, usernames or e-mail addresses) that contain any of the following shall not be allowed:
a. Obscene, profane, violent, threatening, hateful, harassing or offensive language or content.
b. Personal attacks of any kind, including comments that target, disparage or discriminate against any race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, physical appearance, sexual orientation or financial status.
c. Defamation or accusations of criminal, unethical or immoral conduct or activities. If a person believes there is a legitimate complaint against the City or a City employee, the person should contact the appropriate department director via telephone or email.
d. Sexual content, sexual references or sexual innuendos, or links to any such material and content.
e. Solicitations, advertisements or endorsements of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency or entity.
f. Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity or posting of material that violates any copyrights or trademarks of others.
g. Content or comments that compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
h. Invasion of an individual’s right to privacy.
i. Promoting or opposing political campaigns or ballot measures.
j. Spam or suspected spam, or any links to such content.
THE CITY IS NOT LIABLE FOR CONTENT POSTED TO THIS SITE BY PERSONS OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY POSTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT OR REMOVE ANY CONTENT DEEMED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, THE ACCEPTABLE USE SET FORTH HEREIN, OR ANY APPLICABLE LAW, BUT MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC RECORDS PURPOSES. THIS POLICY IS SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION AT ANY TIME.
City social media sites will not constitute an official form of communication for legal notice, specific requests for service, public records requests, registering a complaint, or filing a claim.
Members of the media are asked to send questions through the Communications Department or other usual channels and refrain from submitting questions here as comments. Reporter questions should not be posted and will not be answered on this site.
Thank you for taking the time to review the City Social Media Acceptable Use Policy.
IMPORTANT NOTICE UNDER FLORIDA’S PUBLIC RECORDS LAW:
Please be aware that under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, every response and submission to this website is a public record and may be posted for as long as the City Manager allows for such item to remain posted. If any submission is removed by the City, all of such removed submissions will be stored by the City offline and will be a public record available for inspection to the extent allowed by Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. Please direct any public records request pertaining to a City-maintained website to the City of Port St. Lucie City of Clerk’s Office or to [email protected].
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