Rules for Public Contributions to SA Police Social Media Accounts
The following Acceptable Use Standards must be adhered to by members of the public when they contribute to SAPOL social media pages and accounts.
These Standards help to create an environment where community members can contribute their views, without fear of abuse or harassment or exposure to offensive or otherwise inappropriate content.
When contributing your views please ensure that you:
- Are respectful to others. Do not post material or use language that is obscene, offensive, indecent, pornographic, insulting, unreasonably provocative, or harasses, intimidates or threatens others
- Do not use language that is likely to have the effect of inciting hatred or discrimination based on age, disability, race, gender, religion, nationality, sexuality or other personal characteristics
- Protect your own and others’ privacy by not including any unnecessary information in your posts (such as names, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers)
- Report information about crime or persons of interest directly to Crime Stoppers or a Police Station, not to this page. If you require police assistance call 131 444 or in an emergency call Triple Zero (000)
- Stay on topic. Only post material that is relevant to the topic or theme currently being discussed
- Do not impersonate or falsely represent any other person or organisation
- Do not post or upload any content that is unlawful, is in contempt of court or breaches a court order, or may defame by libel or contravenes anti-discrimination laws
- Do not post material that infringes copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights
- Do not post multiple versions of the same view, or post online spam
- Do not promote commercial interests in your posts; and
- Do not include internet addresses or links to non-government department webpages, or any email addresses, in your contribution.
Postings which breach the above Acceptable Use Standards may be deleted and/or the author banned from making further posts on SAPOL social media pages and accounts.