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Originally Posted by claytonender
Neil - if you read my link I would be interested to see what you think of the report.
The thing that concerns me is that they may be trying to censor how I interact on Facebook - which certainly has nothing to do with my role as a councillor. I do have lots of links to Labour Party and Union info but this is in a private capacity.
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I have read both documents and I think the policy looks pretty good. To me the policy is trying to protect Councillors and it says a similar one exists for Officers.
Everything you post on here or facebook or in email etc could be used against you by members of the public or other Councillors.
A good example of that is Kens comment about the houses in Rishton not being pulled down yet - that has made whoever said they have look daft.
I could give you good examples of both Councillors and candidates making themselves look bad on facebook but I wont.
I don't comment about my work place as such on here or facebook. I don't post about who I work for either because I don't want anything I say coming back at me in the same way I would not like to see something you wrote getting you in trouble.
I do know people who have been in front of the boss because of online comments.
I read that a lot of divorces now use evidence from facebook about who is doing what with whoever. If that can be used in court then your comments about whatever could be.
It says things like dont post something you would not say face to face with the person and other sensible things like that. Just be careful what you post and think of the policy as a guide to safe internet usage.
Even on a forum like this an annoymous person can be traced by the police if they do something to break the law. Loads of paperwork needs to be filled in and court orders and who knows what is needed to get IP adresses that can be traced by ISP's to find out who posted it.