City of Berea Social Media Policy
The City of Berea shares information, images, and video with the public through external social media websites. Users may submit or post content to an official City of Berea site where the agency allows users to post content.
The intended purpose of this page is to serve as a mechanism for communication between the City of Berea and members of the public. However, this page is not the primary method of communication with the City, and any notices or requests for City services must be made via official communication methods or traditional methods of notification recognized by the City, and no comments or posts on this page will be construed as providing notice to the City of any claim, deficiency, dangerous condition, request, or otherwise. The City shall have full permission and rights to any content posted on the City’s social media sites, including photographs and videos. Any comments or other content posted or submitted for posting, as well as personal identifying information, may be public records subject to disclosure pursuant to the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 et seq.
The content shall pertain to the subject of the social media site and not violate the comment policy articulated below. Users may only post their own, original content. Reproduced or borrowed content that reasonably appears to violate third party rights will be deleted or hidden. Users should have no expectation of privacy when posting to a city site. The City disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for any materials that the City deems inappropriate which may not be removed in an expeditious or otherwise timely manner.
Comments made by the public to this site are reviewed and, while comments will not be edited by City of Berea personnel, a comment may be hidden/deleted if it violates the comment policy described below.
- Malicious or harmful software.
- Links to sites outside of Facebook
- Comments posted by automatic software programs (ie. bots).
- Advertisements, promotions, or solicitations of a commercial product or service.
- Confidential, sensitive, or private information.
- Obscene, indecent, or profane language, pictures and/or videos. This includes the use of special characters or spacing that is reasonably perceived to represent such content.
- Threats of violence or to public safety.
- Copyrighted or trademarked materials in violation of state or federal law.
- Comments not related to the posted topic for the City of Berea social media page or post.
- Disruptively repetitive content.
- Comments that promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation.
- Violate any local, state, or federal laws and/or is otherwise unlawful.
A comment posted by a member of the public on any City of Berea social media site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, the City of Berea, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the City of Berea.
**All City of Berea social media posts are considered informational. We may not respond to comments or questions via social media. We will not respond outside of business hours. If you would like to report an issue or share a concern, please call City Hall at 859-986-8528, or provide written notification to the office of the City Clerk at 212 Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky.