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This Code of Conduct shall apply to all users of the City of Lago Vista's Facebook page, including City staff, City Council members, and members of City Boards and Committees. Comments are the opinion of the poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement or agreement by the City of Lago Vista.

• Posted content must be relevant to City of Lago Vista.
• Any pictures posted will be related to the City of Lago Vista.
• Comments shall relate to the topic being discussed in the original post, and should be intended to further a civil discussion.
• Advertising or promotional announcements are not permitted.
• Persons writing more than 250 characters may be asked to rewrite.
• Comments shall not use any profane language, racial slurs, derogatory terms or posting any information that could be considered disrespectful dialog.
• Comments must not be in support of or opposition to political campaigns or ballot measures; Postings for electoral campaign purposes will not be published.
• Content will be removed 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 or sexual orientation.
• Sexual content or links to sexual content is not permitted.
• Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity is not permitted.
• Users are encouraged not to provide personally identifiable information within your comment.
• No attacks on individual character will be permitted.
• You are legally responsible for what you write, and it must not breach any law, confidentiality or copyright. Because you are responsible for your statements, be careful about exaggeration, innuendo, etc.
• Comments shall not contain random or unintelligible text.
• Comments shall not direct users to other websites or Facebook pages.
• There is no right to privacy on the City’s Facebook page as the page is a public forum.
• Comments may be retained by the City of Lago Vista, and may be subject to requests under the Public Information Act.
• Anonymous postings, or multiple postings by the same user or individual using a fictitious or different name is not permitted.

The City reserves the right to restrict or remove any content deemed in violation of the terms outlined in this Code of Conduct. Any content removed based on this Code of Conduct will be retained, including the time, date and identity of the poster when available.

Persons may be permanently excluded from City of Lago Vista social media pages if acting contrary to this Code of Conduct.

The City Manager or his /her designee is hereby empowered to the moderator of all comments and posts to the City’s Facebook page.

The City of Lago Vista reserves the right to update these terms of use.