08/25/2025
Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners Social Media Policy (adopted 08.05.2025)
Link to full policy: https://myokaloosa.com/.../SocialMediaPolicyOkaloos8.4.25...
Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners has created this page as a limited public forum for the purpose of providing the public with information and communication it believes is important or newsworthy, and in certain cases necessary related to the programs and services provided by Okaloosa County, Florida. Please be aware that when engaging with Okaloosa County through social media, you agree to adhere to the following terms of use:
• Florida has broad public records laws. All postings on this page, including personal information, may be public records under Florida public records laws and all information is being preserved by the County.
• Please keep all comments and discussions on topic and related to the purpose of the page.
• The following are expressly prohibited as part of the County’s content policy for the Social Media page:
-po*******hy; graphic or obscene content; content that promotes illegal activity;
-violations of copyrights and trademarks;
-content or remarks that promote, foster, or perpetuate, discrimination against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity or sexual orientation;
-content that constitutes an imminent threat;
-threats of any kind, particularly toward any other user of the County and its members.
-the advocating of criminal acts or other illegal behavior;
-material that has the potential to compromise the public safety or the safety of the County’s personnel;
-remarks that may be considered libel, made toward any person or organization;
-links to other third-party sites, or solicitations, advertisements, or other content that is commercial in nature;
-anything that is clearly off the intended topic of discussion;
-information that is clearly inaccurate, unverified, and purposefully designed to mislead others; and
-campaigning of any type, political or otherwise.
• Comments or posts violating the page’s contents policy, as listed above, will be removed. It is not the intent of the Okaloosa County to provide a venue or forum for the expression and/or posting of unlimited comments, videos, or links simply for the convenience of the public. Further, the County reserves the right to block access to our social media pages to any user who consistently violates these guidelines without prior warning or notice.
