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Benton County updates social media policy, removes 'profanity' restriction and adds law‑enforcement exception
Summary
The board approved updates to policy A114 to reflect First Amendment guidance (removing 'profanity' as a prohibitive term), update platform names and include a narrow law‑enforcement exception; commissioners discussed coordination with the sheriff’s and DA’s offices and records archiving.
The Benton County Board of Commissioners adopted updates to county social media policy A114 after a staff presentation explaining legal and operational changes.
County Administrator Rachel McEnany and PIO staff reviewed two primary changes: updated platform references (for example, Twitter/X) and removal of…
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