City of Fruita Social Media Terms of Use and Comment Policy

This policy is for all of the City of Fruita's (and its department’s) social media accounts. 

City of Fruita Social Media Terms of Use and Comment Policy 

The City of Fruita welcomes you to participate on this page and encourages you to interact with us often and to comment about the content you find here.

This page is created as a limited public forum to allow users the ability to discuss issues directly related to the City of Fruita government.  We do not discriminate against any views, but the City of Fruita does reserve the right to delete or hide the following and block anyone who posts such content:

• Comments that are clearly off-subject or are not topically related to the scope or context of the original post;
• Hate speech directed at race, color, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or mental or physical disability;
• Obscene, profane, pornographic, or explicit language or content;
• Photographic and/or video threats;
• Personal attacks or defamatory statements;
• Content that is threatening, harassing, or discriminatory;
• Promotion or endorsement of services and products;
• Content that incites or promotes violence or illegal activity;
• Content that jeopardizes an ongoing investigation;
• Commercial advertisements or solicitations of funds content;
• Content containing personal information including but not limited to email-addresses, telephone numbers, mailing addresses, or identification numbers;
• Multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user or repetitive posts copied and pasted by multiple users or spam.

The City will not edit or alter any posts made on its social media sites, however, the City reserves the right to remove any content, including comments, deemed in violation of this social media policy or any applicable law or that does not promote civil discussion. 

The City’s use of social media websites is provided as a public service. The City of Fruita disclaims liability for ads, links, videos, promoted content or comments accessible from any external web page. The responsibility for external content or comments rests with the organizations or individuals providing them. Any inclusion of external content or comments does not imply endorsement by the City. Any person accepting the use of any City websites and City-affiliated social media accounts thereby acknowledges and accepts these Terms of Use and Comment Policy.