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Hope Mills adopts social-media guidelines for elected and appointed officials
Summary
After legal clarification and commissioner questions about personal versus official accounts, the board adopted a social-media policy recommending best practices for elected officials while recognizing First Amendment limits and contextual distinctions for sharing town announcements.
The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners voted Feb. 3 to adopt a social-media policy for elected and appointed officials intended to set best practices for how officials post on personal and official accounts.
The town attorney advised that context matters: simply sharing an existing town announcement or event on a personal page is generally different from using an account as an official forum. "If you want to be on the extreme safe side, then…
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