Conditions of Use Policy for Social Media

1. The intended purpose of the City of Lakewood’s participation in this social media site is to share with its citizens information about city-related topics, programs and events.
   
   
2. All City of Lakewood customer service and information requests should be made through Lakewood’s customer service staff. They can be reached directly by calling 562-866-9771, extension 2140, or via our website at www.lakewoodcity.org/service.
   
   
3. As a public entity, the City of Lakewood, California must abide by certain standards to serve its constituents in a civil and unbiased manner.
   
   
4. The City of Lakewood, California in no way endorses any advertising found on Facebook.
   
   
5. Comments should directly pertain to the City of Lakewood, California. Comments or postings containing any of the following inappropriate forms of content shall not be permitted on City of Lakewood, California social media and are subject to unilateral removal and/or restriction by the city without prior notice:

• Comments not related to the original topic, including unintelligible comments and social engineering comments (phishing, catfishing).
• Profane, discourteous, obscene, or pornographic content and/or language.
• Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, physical or mental disability, or national origin.
• Rude, defamatory or personal attacks.
• Threats to any person or organization.
• Promotional announcements.
• Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to, promotion or advertising of any kind, including a business, organization, event or product for sale.
• Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law.
• Encouragement of illegal activity.
• Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party.
• Comments which include personally identifiable information, such as an address, phone number, Social Security number or other sensitive information.