Prohibited Content

Content that is posted by the Borough, content submitted by residents, or public comments posted on Borough social media that contains any of the following inappropriate forms of content shall not be permitted and are subject to immediate removal and/or restriction by the Public Information Officer and/or the Borough Administrator and/or the Borough Clerk and/or the Police Department and/or his/her designees.

1. Profane, obscene, violent, or pornographic content and/or language, or sexually suggestive or explicit content links to such materials. Any image or link containing minors or suspected minors in sexual and/or provocative situations will be reported to law enforcement;
2. Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
3. Defamatory attacks;
4. Threats to any person or organization;
5. Solicitation of commerce, or content that could give the appearance of an endorsement of a business, including but not limited to advertising of any private business or product for sale;
6. Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
7. Encouragement of illegal activity or illegal activity;
8. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
9. Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party the Borough does not permit or allow copyright infringing activities and/or infringement of intellectual property rights on its website or social media sites and will remove any and all content and submissions if properly notified that such content and/or submission infringes on another’s intellectual property rights;
10. Spamming or repetitive content;
11. Comments from children under 13 cannot be posted in order to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. By posting on a Borough media site, users acknowledge that they are at least 13 years old. Parents are responsible for any minor child’s posting or comments;
12. Content that incites violence;
13. Comments containing vulgar, offensive, threatening, or harassing language, personal attacks, or unsupported accusations; and,
14. Persons posting prohibited content are subject to being barred from posting comments on Borough social media.
15. No political messages, videos, or photos, except for messages regarding notifying the public about election deadlines, changes, or about Election Day itself.

​​​​​The television channel bulletin board is not to be utilized for announcements from the general public. Access to the channel shall be limited to municipal; governmental or quasi-governmental functions and operations. Utilization of the channel for personal gain is not permitted. An exception to this rule shall only be allowed if formally authorized by the governing body by resolution and provided to the Borough Administrator and Public Information Officer. The purpose for allowing general announcements from the public must be constrained to a community cause or a specific purpose and shall include a sunset provision.