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Clatsop County staff proposes social media guidelines for commissioners; board asks to bring policy back for adoption
Summary
County staff presented a draft amendment to board rules clarifying three types of social-media communications (personal, campaign, official). Commissioners asked legal and technical questions, received assurances about individual liability, and directed staff to return the policy for formal consideration at a future meeting.
County staff presented a draft amendment to the Board Rules that would establish guidance for commissioners' social-media use and clarify distinctions among personal, campaign and official county accounts.
The County Manager said the guidelines aim to reduce legal and records-retention risk by defining when a commissioner’s social-media presence constitutes an official county site and by establishing basic content and moderation expectations. "The third one, though, is the official one, and that is…
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