SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS POLICY AND TERMS OF USE
By posting comments on this page, users indicate their willingness to abide by the comment policies. Comments that do not conform to the following comment policies may be hidden or deleted:
• Comments that are not directly related to the topic of the specific post.
• Comments expressly advocating violence or other illegal activity.
• Comments containing obscenity, which is defined as s*xually explicit and/or pornographic content that is patently offensive, appeals to prurient interest, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
• Comments that promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, s*x, s*xual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.
• Comments containing hyperlinks to any content or website other than those controlled by the City of Bluffdale. This will be done without regard to the viewpoint of the comment containing such a link or the content of the site to which the link redirects.
• Duplicate comments posted repeatedly within a short period of time by the same user.
• Comments containing defamation against a person, either as determined by a court or comments that are patently defamatory by easily discovered facts.
• Comments that contain images or other content that violate the intellectual property or copyright rights of someone else, if the owner of that property notifies us that the property was posted in a comment on our social media account(s).
• Comments that solicit, promote, or endorse specific commercial services, products, or entities.
• Comments that may compromise the safety or security of public systems.
• Comments that contain information that directly interferes with or compromises ongoing investigations, public safety tactics, or the safety of public safety officers. Repeated violations of these policies may result in blocking or banning the comment poster (more than three violations in a 12-month period). The decision to delete or hide a comment or to ban or block a comment poster may be appealed by sending an email to the site administrator within 5 days explaining why the person believes the decision was in error. If the decision is overturned, the comment may (if possible) be restored, or the user may be allowed to repost the comment, or the comment poster may be unbanned or unblocked. The decision of the site administrator is the final decision of the City. A banned or blocked user may request to be unbanned 12 months after the ban or block.
