Janesville Fire Department

CITY OF JANESVILLE SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

While this is an open forum, please keep your comments clean and appropriate. Inappropriate comments are subject to deletion by the administrator of this account. If you do not comply with the terms of use outlined below, your message will be removed. If you post inappropriate content a second time, your profile may be blocked from posting any more information to the site.

This forum is not monitored at all times. Do NOT use this forum to report emergency situations or time-sensitive issues.

Please remember the following rules when posting:
•All content is subject to public records law.
•Content should be related to the subject matter of the social media site where it is posted.
•If your post violates any of the below rules, it will be deleted:
◦Content that is graphic, obscene, or explicit.
◦Content that is abusive, threatening, hateful, or intended to defame anyone or any organization.
◦Content that suggests or encourages illegal activity.
◦Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, lawful source of income, or arrest/conviction record.
◦Content posted by persons whose profile picture or avatar, username, or e-mail address contains any of the aforementioned prohibited conduct.
◦Solicitations or advertisements, including but not limited to, promotion or endorsement of any private financial, commercial, or non-governmental agency.
◦Content attempting to defame or defraud any person or private financial, commercial, or governmental agency.
◦Content that compromises the safety or security of the public or public systems.

•You participate at your own risk and take personal responsibility for your comments, your username, and all information provided. The appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement by or on behalf of the City.
•The appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement by or on behalf of the City.
•Any public records request for information found on City of Janesville social media sites shall be directed to the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office.
•For more information, please contact the City Manager’s Office at 755-3177.

DEFINITIONS

Social Media - are various forms of user-created content tools such as social networks, blogs, video sharing, pod casts, wikis, message boards, and online forums. Technologies include, but are not limited to: picture and video sharing, wall postings, e-mail, instant messaging, and music sharing. Examples of Social Media applications include, but are not limited to: Google and Yahoo Groups (reference, social networking); Wikipedia (reference); Facebook and MySpace (social networking); YouTube (social networking and video sharing); Flickr (photo sharing); Twitter (social networking and microblogging); Skype (instant messaging and webcam chat); LinkedIn (business networking); and news media comment sharing/blogging. This policy covers all Social Media tools, both current and future. .

Social Networking - is the practice of expanding one’s business and/or social contacts by making connections using a range of Social Media tools including blogs, video, images, tagging, lists of friends, forums, and messaging that use the Internet to promote such connections through Web-based groups established for that purpose.

Social Media Account - shall mean any registration, login credential, tool, forum, website, or network that is created or maintained by a Department and/or Division for the purpose of establishing or perpetuating a Social Media presence.

Authorized User - shall mean any employee, or any person acting on their behalf, who has been authorized by their Department/Division Director and registered with and approved by the City Manager’s Office to establish, create, edit, or maintain any Social Media Account, and the Posts it may contain, in the transaction of official business of the City of Janesville.

Post - shall mean any e-mail, message, picture, graphic, image, advertisement, notification, feed, stream, transmission, broadcast, podcast, video, instant message, text message, blog, microblog, status update, wall post, comment, and any and all other forms, means, or attempts at collaboration or communication that is uploaded, posted to, or otherwise displayed on or transmitted by, any Social Media Account or Network.

External Entity - shall mean any person or party not employed by, or an authorized representative of, the City of Janesville.

External Information - shall mean any Social Media Post by any External Entity, and the information or substance it contains.