DOC Social Media Terms of Use Policies
- Obscenity including racial slurs
- Pornographic content
- Content which violates the right to privacy
- Comments which may reasonably interfere with, inhibit or compromise law enforcement/corrections investigations, police/corrections tactics, police/corrections responses to incidents and/or the safety of corrections staff and officers.
- Threats or “Fighting Words”
- Incitement to imminent lawless action
- Solicitations to commit, or speech integral to, criminal conduct
- Fraud
- Defamation (libel/slander)
- Commercial solicitations, promotions, or advertisements
- Hate speech
- Off-topic comments
- “Trolling,” “robo spam” and comments by “social bots” (i.e. generated by automatic software programs)
- Malicious or harmful software
- Links to websites that violate one of these listed categories
- Promotion in favor of, or in opposition to, a candidate campaigning for election to a political office.
- Copyrighted material posted without consent
Platform Specifics
Facebook’s Community Standards
All comments posted to any Montana Department of Corrections Facebook site are bound by Facebook’s Community Standards, and the DOC reserves the right to report any violation of Facebook’s Community Standards to Facebook with the intent of Facebook taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.
The Twitter Rules
When applicable, the Montana Department of Corrections reserves the right to report any violation of the Twitter Rules, with the intent of Twitter taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.
YouTube Community Guidelines
When applicable, the Montana Department of Corrections reserves the right to report any violation of the YouTube Community Guidelines, with the intent of YouTube taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.
Instagram Community Guidelines
When applicable, the Montana Department of Corrections reserves the right to report any violation of the Instagram Community Guidelines, with the intent of Instagram taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.