Social media management
Community standards
Introduction
Safe Work Australia hosts social media channels on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
The community standards set out the behaviours required of its users by Safe Work Australia.
The standards are additional to any user policy, or terms and conditions, imposed by the host
social media platforms used by Safe Work Australia.
This information
is made available on Safe Work Australia’s website and linked to each social
media channel.
Safe Work Australia welcomes comments and posts on its social media channels, however
users should apply common sense when doing so.
Standards
As a user of Safe Work Australia’s social media channels, you may express your views,
comments, ideas, insights, and criticisms about Safe Work Australia. However, you must also
show courtesy and respect to others.
In particular, when using Safe Work Australia’s social media channels, please:
protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including personal information of
either yourself or of others in your posts (for example, names, email addresses, private
addresses or phone numbers)
include only internet addresses or links to websites and resources relevant to work health
and safety
do not include any email addresses
do not post material that is misleading, deceptive or fraudulent
represent your own views
do not impersonate or falsely represent any other person or organisation
do not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals or organisations
do not post defamatory or libellous material
only post material that you have a legal right to post (for example, material that does not
infringe the intellectual property rights of others and material that is not confidential)
do not post material identifying matters that are either the subject of current legal
proceedings or that would breach a court’s non-publication order
do not post multiple versions of your post or make excessive postings on a particular issue
do not post material that is irrelevant to the topic being discussed
do not post material that advertises, offers or promotes commercial interests
do not post political material or content
do not post material encouraging conduct that may or would constitute a criminal offence or
give rise to civil liability or that would otherwise violate any Australian or overseas law
do not post any material that is obscene, offensive, vulgar or violent
do not post material that incites, induces, aids, assists, promotes, causes, instructs or
permits violence, discrimination, harassment, victimisation or hatred towards others
do not post material that is likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate others on the basis
of any personal characteristic, including but not limited to: religion, colour, race, ethnicity,
gender identity, marital or domestic status, sexual preference, age or any disability, and
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otherwise comply with the community standards.
Safe Work Australia reserves the right to enforce these community standards at its discretion.
Safe Work Australia may remove any posted messages that it considers to be in breach of the
standards, including without consultation with the user or further review. Safe Work Australia
may also block or delete you as a user if Safe Work Australia considers that you have breached
the standards.
Safe Work Australia may change the community standards at any time.
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact Safe Work Australia by calling
0434 664 294 or email
xxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx.
Privacy statement
Safe Work Australia is not responsible nor is it liable for, and does not endorse, the privacy
practices of social media platforms that host Safe Work Australia’s social media channels (such
as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube) or any linked websites.
Safe Work Australia records all information posted to its social media channels and uses that
information for the purposes of administering those channels as well as considering and
addressing any comments made. We will not make any further attempt to identify individuals
except where authorised or required by law.
Please visit Safe Work Australia’s website for our full
Privacy notice.
Disclaimer
Your use of Safe Work Australia’s social media channels and any linked websites is at your own
risk.
Views expressed on Safe Work Australia’s social media channels by anyone other than Safe
Work Australia are not the views of Safe Work Australia and Safe Work Australia disclaims all
liability for any such views, comments, advertising or other non-Safe Work Australia content.
Safe Work Australia does not endorse or control any advertising that may be displayed on Safe
Work Australia’s social media channels by the social media platforms hosting Safe Work
Australia’s social media channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube).
Safe Work Australia reserves the right to remove comments at its discretion, taking into account
the community standards.
Safe Work Australia strives to review the content on its social media channels on a regular
basis. However, there may be times when content not meeting Safe Work Australia’s
community standards appears on Safe Work Australia’s social media channels.
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