Community Guidelines
The City of Boca Raton's social media pages are intended to serve as a mechanism for communication between the public and the City of Boca Raton on various city-related posted topics.
Under Florida law, all content on the City of Boca Raton’s social media pages may be subject to public records law, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. By becoming a fan/follower of the City of Boca Raton, your information and comments may be public records. The City may be required to retain this content in accordance with the State of Florida retention schedule and to produce them in response to a public records request. Public disclosure requests shall be directed to the City Clerk’s Office.
The City’s intent is not to create a public forum, but to maintain a moderated online discussion directly relating to the topics posted by the City that is appropriate for citizens. The City reserves the right to report and/or hide any comments or posts to the respective social media platform that violate the following:
- Profane or vulgar language or content.
- Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, or physical or mental disability.
- Sexual content or links to sexual content.
- Content that is clearly off-topic from the intended post.
- Links to or references to commercial websites, spam, or any third-party website unless posted by the City’s approved authorized staff users for links to partnered/sponsored organizations, confirmed governmental agencies, or other legitimate organizations as the City deems appropriate.
- Conduct or encouragement of violent or illegal activity.
- Personal or character attacks.
- Content that violates a copyright, trademark, or other legal ownership interest of any other party.
- Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
Fans/Followers who submit content to this page, agree to the following terms and conditions:
- You are submitting content voluntarily and on your own behalf
- The content you post reflects your own original thoughts or work
Please note that any content posted by fans/followers of the City of Boca Raton, does not reflect the City’s opinions or views.
