Town of Ocean City Maryland

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CITIZEN USE POLICY
The Town of Ocean City engages customers through many digital outlets, including oceancitymd.gov. Communicating with the City through social media further enables customers to contact the City in a direct and meaningful way.

Please be aware that when engaging with the Town of Ocean City over social media, you are agreeing to the following:

COMMENTING ON TOWN OF OCEAN CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
Town of Ocean City departments share information, images and video with the public through external social media websites. Comments made by the public to these sites are reviewed and, while comments will not be edited by Town personnel, a comment may be deleted if it violates the comment policy described here.

• Comments should be related to the posted topic for the Town's social media page or post. Town of Ocean City department social media accounts are not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose or topic of the social media website or for service requests. For general comments, communications, or service requests concerning a Town department, please contact the department directly at www.oceancitymd.gov.

• You are subject to the Terms of Service (TOS) of the host site. Information (photos, videos, etc.) you share with or post to official New York City agency pages is also subject to the TOS of the host site and may be used by the owners of the host site for their own purposes. For more information, consult the host website's TOS.

• Town of Ocean City social media accounts are not open to comments promoting or opposing any person campaigning for election to a political office, or promotion or advertisement of a business or commercial transaction.

• The use of obscene, threatening or harassing language is prohibited.

• Personal attacks of any kind or offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, age, or religious group, gender, sexual orientation or disability status are prohibited.

• Comments advocating illegal activity or posting of material that violates copyrights or trademarks of others are prohibited.

• This comment policy is subject to amendment or modification at any time.

USER-CREATED CONTENT
Users are welcome to submit or post content, including photographs and videos, to an official Town of Ocean City site where the agency allows users to post content, the content meets the standards articulated in this Citizen Use Policy and pertains to the subject of the social media site. Users may only post their own, original content. Reproduced or borrowed content that reasonably appears to violate third party rights will be deleted.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
To request a reasonable accommodation when accessing Town of Ocean City social media sites, please contact the City Hall at 410-289-8221.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
Questions or concerns regarding the Town of Ocean City’s social media activity, the City's social media policy and/or this Citizens Use Policy should be submitted online: http://oceancitymd.gov/oc/news-room/#tab-1420420086-2-97.