External Social Media Policy for Monroe County Clerk's Office

Moderation of Third-Party Content

The Monroe County Clerk’s Office, “Clerk’s Office”, does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with third-party comments, messages, posts, opinions, advertisements, videos, promoted content, external hyperlinks, linked websites (or the information, products or services contained therein), statements, commercial products, processes or services posted on any social media account. This social media account serves as a limited public forum and all content published is subject to preservation and disclosure in accordance with New York State laws. User-generated content may be rejected or removed if:

  • Comments that are obscene, sexual in nature, or pornographic, and or links to sexually explicit content;
  • Comments that promote or represent violence;
  • Comments that promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination or constitutes harassment on the basis of an individual’s age, race, creed, or religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex (including gender identity or expression), disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, domestic violence victim status, or other protected status;
  • Comments that are considered abusive, threatening, intimidating, harassing, hazing, coercing and/or other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person;
  • Solicitations of commerce;
  • Comments that promote illegal activity; or
  • Comments that violate intellectual property rights. 

We do not allow information intended to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems. You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided.

 Retention

Any communications sent to or received by the Clerk’s Office and its employees via social media may be subject to our retention and disclosure requirements, including the New York State Archives Local Government Schedule LGS-1. These retention requirements apply regardless of the form of the record (e.g. digital text, photos, audio, and video). To that end, we automatically collect and store all information posted on this social media account. All information posted on this account may be subject to public disclosure, even if it has been deleted. 

Emergency Postings

Social media accounts are not monitored 24/7. If there is an emergency please contact 911 or call the Crisis Hotline at 988.

Please contact us at at [email protected] with any questions. Thank you.

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