Social Guidelines for GovOneStop's Website, Forum and Social Media Channels:
The goal of GovOneStop's website, comments, forum, and social media channels is to provide an open interactive environment where people are free to make comments, ask questions, and share opinions. We ask that anyone engaging with our channels do so in a respectful manner. By engaging with our media channels, you not only agree to follow these guidelines, but also agree to take responsibility for your comments, your username, and any information you submit. GovOneStop reserves the right to remove any posts that don't adhere to our guidelines or the individual platform's community guidelines and to block anyone who violates them.
Comments and posts that violate any of the guidelines listed below may be removed:
- Do not post or engage with spam content.
- Do not engage in inauthentic or impersonating behavior, where the use of fraudulent, spam or bot accounts is central to the action, with the intent to harass, mislead, confuse, or deceive others. We also do not allow fraudulent, spam or bot accounts to engage in or claim to engage in foreign or government interference.
- Do not post graphic, obscene, explicit or racial comments. We also do not allow comments that are abusive, hateful, vindictive or intended to defame anyone or any organization.
- Do not post any solicitations (e.g. promising users will make money fast, asking users to claim a prize or financial gains, asking users to visit your website, sign a petition, contribute to a fundraiser).
- Do not post advertisements, prize contests or giveaways. This includes promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency.
- Do not post details about an ongoing investigation or legal or administrative proceeding that could prejudice the processes or could interfere with an individual's rights.
- Do not post copyrighted or trademarked images or graphics. Imagery posted on any GovOneStop channel should be owned by the user.
- Do not post comments, photos or videos that suggest or encourage illegal activity.
- Do not post political propaganda.
- Do not post documents of any kind.