Dundee Township Park District 4.19 Social Media Comment and Terms of Use Policy This policy establishes policies for the use of the Dundee Township Park District (“District”) social media sites. The purpose of the District’s social media sites is to obtain and disseminate information useful to and about the District. Note that the District’s predominant and primary internet presence is the District’s website (https://www.dtpd.org), and the District’s social media sites are intended to be a supplement to the website. The interactive portion of the District’s social media sites is a limited public forum, and comments and discussions that take place on District social media sites will be moderated by the District for compliance with this policy. Comments or other discussions containing any of the following content will not be permitted on the District’s social media sites and are subject to removal and/or restriction by the administrator of the District social media sites or his/her designees, at any time and without prior notice: 1. Obscene, sexual, or pornographic content and/or language 2. Content that promotes discrimination on the basis of any protected class (i.e., race, religion, gender, etc.) 3. Content that violates a legal ownership interest (copyright or trademark) 4. Threats to any person 5. Conduct that violates any federal, state, or local law or encourages illegal activity 6. Promotion of any commercial activities not related to District business 7. Spam or links to malware/viruses 8. Content that advocates or promotes a candidate, referendum, or campaign 9. Actual defamation A comment posted by a member of the public on any District social media site is the opinion of the poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the District, nor do the comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the District. The District reserves the right to deny access to District social media sites for any user who repeatedly violates the District social media policy, at any time and without prior notice. All comments posted to any District social site are also bound by the social media platform’s terms of use and the District reserves the right to report any violation of the platform’s terms of use to the platform. Users who enter private or personal information on District social media sites do so at their own risk, and the District is not responsible for any damages resulting from the public display of, or failure to remove, private or personal information. Content posted on the District social media sites may be subject to disclosure under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and retention and/or destruction under the Local Records Act and District policy. This policy and terms of use may be amended from time-to-time, without further notice. Date of Approval by Board of Commissioners December 6, 2023
