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Social Media Policy
Jefferson Daily News welcomes conversation, questions, corrections, story tips, and respectful disagreement across our social media pages.
Our goal is simple: real people, real conversations, and respectful community discussion.
We know local news can bring strong opinions. That is okay. Disagreement is welcome. Harassment, threats, spam, personal attacks, and bad-faith disruption are not.
By commenting on Jefferson Daily News social media pages, you agree to the following guidelines.
General Expectations
We ask everyone participating on our pages to:
Engage respectfully
Stay on topic
Contribute in good faith
Avoid personal attacks
Respect other readers, sources, agencies, and community members
You do not have to agree with us or with each other. But comments should help move the conversation forward, not shut it down.
Free Speech and Page Moderation
Jefferson Daily News respects free expression and welcomes thoughtful discussion, questions, corrections, and disagreement.
Our social media pages are privately managed community spaces operated by Jefferson Media Group / Gailey Company LLC on third-party social media platforms. Comments on these pages must follow our community standards as well as the rules of the platform where they appear.
Moderation of comments on Jefferson Daily News pages is not based on whether someone agrees with us. It is based on behavior, accuracy, safety, relevance, and respect for others.
Readers are free to express their views elsewhere, including on their own pages and platforms. Participation on Jefferson Daily News pages requires following the standards we set for the community spaces we manage.
Comments That May Be Hidden or Removed
Comments may be hidden, removed, or reviewed if they include:
Hate speech, harassment, or threats
Personal attacks or targeted insults
Profanity or abusive language
Misinformation presented as fact
Spam, scams, or suspicious links
Repeated off-topic comments
Promotional content or solicitation
Attempts to impersonate another person, agency, business, or organization
Content that encourages violence, illegal activity, or harm
Graphic, explicit, or otherwise inappropriate material
This applies regardless of viewpoint. Comments are moderated based on behavior and content, not political opinion.
Spam, Links, and Promotion
Our comment sections are for discussion, not advertising or link dumping.
Comments may be hidden or reviewed if they include outside links, images, videos, repeated promotional messages, suspicious content, or material flagged by the platform as spam.
Businesses, organizations, campaigns, groups, and individuals should not use Jefferson Daily News comment sections to promote unrelated products, services, events, pages, petitions, fundraisers, or causes.
Inauthentic or Disruptive Accounts
To reduce spam, scams, bot activity, and coordinated manipulation, comments may be hidden or reviewed when they appear to come from fake, automated, newly created, misleading, or intentionally disruptive accounts.
Accounts that repeatedly violate this policy may be restricted or banned from our pages.
Repeated Violations
Repeated violations may result in comment restrictions, comment removal, or being banned from Jefferson Daily News social media pages.
Severe violations may result in immediate banning. This includes threats, hate speech, harassment, targeted personal attacks, intentional misinformation, impersonation, or attempts to disrupt the page or intimidate others.
Moderation Decisions
Moderation decisions are made by Jefferson Daily News page administrators and moderators.
We do not publicly debate moderation decisions in comment threads. Readers with a genuine concern may contact us through the website contact form.
Final Note
We want our pages to feel like a community space, not a shouting match.
If you would not say it to someone face-to-face in a local community setting, it does not belong on our pages.