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County to move archived livestreams from Facebook to YouTube for longer retention
Summary
County staff told the Administration Committee the county will shift public meeting livestream archiving from Facebook (30-day retention) to the county's YouTube channel to preserve meetings longer, while keeping the website livestream active and cross-advertising links.
A county public-information staff member told the committee that Facebook will retain livestreams only for 30 days and the county plans to shift its archived livestreams to the county YouTube channel so meetings remain available beyond that period. "So we are looking at a shift to using our county YouTube channel that we already have instead of that Facebook page," the staff member said, and staff said they will continue to host livestreams on the county website while cross-posting YouTube links on other platforms.
Committee members asked about comment moderation and whether YouTube allows filtering; staff said the county generally relies on platform tools for moderation and noted YouTube does not require login, which may make the stream more accessible. The committee approved the change as presented.
