TERMS OF USE

IMPORTANT: The City of Ocala’s social media platforms are intended to be used for informational purposes only.  If you wish to contact City Council or Administration or to request City services, please visit the City’s official website: www.ocalafl.org.

Anyone posting comments contrary to this Terms of Use policy may be prohibited from future participation.  The City of Ocala reserves the right to update these Terms of Use.  By participating on these platforms, users agree to send and receive messages that are both proper and related to the posting, discussion, or forum topic.  The following actions are unacceptable practices:

Defaming, harassing, threatening, or otherwise violating the legal rights of others, including their privacy (see below); Misrepresenting one’s person, background, or character; Posting any defamatory, infringing, obscene, false, or unlawful material; Selling, advertising, or exchanging any goods or services unless expressly allowed; Posting any copyrighted material owned by a third party; Spamming (duplicate postings) and ramming (posting off-topic responses to another posting).

In addition to the above, you agree to use any Official Site of the City of Ocala, Florida at your own risk.  While championing proper use of such forums, the City of Ocala cannot guarantee violations of the above code will not occur.

Under Florida law, the City of Ocala’s social media platforms are public record.  If you do not want your name or posting released in response to a public records request, do not post to these platforms.

To download this document, Social Media Terms of Use.