Municipality

Netiquette

Social network netiquette for the Municipality of the Township of Potton

A netiquette for social media is a text that indicates the rules of conduct applicable on digital platforms and the proper behavior to adopt on the Internet.

The Municipality of the Township of Potton (Potton) values kindness and courtesy for sound, productive and efficient communications. Comments, suggestions and questions are welcome as long as users respect netiquette. Potton reserves the right to modify these rules of use at any time and without notice. Potton strongly encourages the constructive exchange of ideas. Social media are platforms for socializing, transmitting fact-based information and exchanging ideas with the goal of constantly improving Potton’s quality of life and services.

Netiquette serves, among other things, to preserve a harmonious climate in web communications, and it helps maintain a respectful environment between Internet users who exchange and comment on publications, articles, etc.

Moderation

Potton is committed to supporting its platforms during business hours, Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The following netiquette applies on social media used by Potton:

  • Use courteous and respectful language ;
  • No abusive, obscene, hateful, defamatory, harassing, aggressive, racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, disgraceful, disrespectful or hurtful comments may be made about a person, Potton or any other organization, that may harm a person’s integrity; Under no circumstances will they be tolerated, and they will be deleted immediately ;
  • Comments or publications targeting or attacking an individual will not be tolerated under any circumstances and will be deleted immediately;
  • Avoid abusive use of capital letters, as they are often cosnidered as a shout or an expression of anger;
  • Only advertisements published and authorized by Potton and uploaded by the administators are allowed on the page. All others will be removed;
  • It is forbidden to publish messages containing confidential information and/or information that may adversly affect the privacy of an individual ;
  • Comments or publications must remain impartial. No endorsement towards any Party or group will be tolerated;
  • The Potton Facebook page, nor any other social media, should not be used to report or publicize complaints. If you have an issue, please contact your municipality directly (info@potton.ca).

In addition to the rules listed above, the municipality reserves the right to remove the following content without prior notice:

  • Any accusation, true or false, made against a person, the municipality or any other organization ;
  • Repeated comments ;
  • Any comment referring to or encouraging illegal activities ;
  • Links included in comments that lead to sites, blogs or social networks considered inappropriate or off-topic by Potton;
  • Any message containing confidential information and/or that may infringe on the private life of an individual ;
  • Any message that does not comply with the rules set out in this policy ;
  • Any message with a political connotation coming from an individual or an organization intended to gain or exercise a certain power by defending a number of specific ideas;
  • Any message that contains links to inappropriate websites or that is damaging to Potton’s reputation;
  • Any account created without authorization and using the identity of the Municipality of the Township of Potton.

The Municipality of the Township of Potton is not responsible for the content of external sites from hyperlinks and reserves the right to block a subscriber if the latter contravenes with the present netiquette.

An advanced warning will be given to the subscriber.

Privacy and protection of personal information

Internet users are encouraged to exercise caution and restraint in not revealing personal information about themselves or others when discussing their experiences.

If an Internet user wishes to publish photos or videos on Potton’s platforms, he or she must ensure that he or she obtains the consent of the persons appearing in the photos or videos. Potton is not responsible for the content shared by Internet users and will remove remove any photo it deems inappropriate.

Potton is obliged to protect the confidentiality of personal information it receives. He or she may not, in any way, discuss a particular case or file on social media, nor disclose information of a confidential nature.