Social Media Terms of Use

When engaging with Vancouver Public Library via our social media accounts, the Library reserves the right to delete or remove any submissions that that fall into any of the following categories:

Spamming and Flaming: Individuals posting identical thread titles or nearly identical concept threads, or continuous irrelevant threads within a short amount of time will be viewed as flaming the board. Members promoting information or advertising from, or linked to, any form of commercial entities, will be viewed as spamming;

Personal Insults and Harassment: Individuals are prohibited from posting personal insults, divulging personal information or images altered or otherwise of people without their consent. Individuals are also prohibited from making repeated personal attacks, including harassment of others from thread to thread;

Negative / Inflammatory Content: Individuals are prohibited from intentionally and consistently posting or re-posting comments or content that either results in, or is designed to inflame, provoke and incite continuous arguments and negative debates. All content must be suitable for all ages;

Offensive Content: Individuals are prohibited from posting or linking content containing racial or religious slurs, ethnic slurs and jokes, sexual content and/or slurs, illegal content, content inciting hate, graphic or disturbing content, profanity, or discussions about illegal drugs or illegal activities. Individuals are prohibited from publishing or linking defamatory, obscene, indecent, misleading or unlawful material or information;

Images and Text: Individuals are prohibited from posting any images, links, or posts that contain sexual content, graphic or disturbing content, racial hatred, profanity, gambling or wagering for monetary gain, any content that should not be viewed by children, audio or video for sale or trade, or any other inappropriate or illegal content;

Other Inappropriate Content: Individuals are prohibited from posting content that promotes particular services, products, or political organizations and/or infringes on copyrights or trademarks. Individuals are prohibited from advertising or offering to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters;

Solicitation of Funds: Individuals are prohibited from soliciting for donations for foundations, charities, or any other organization. Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.