The City of Prairie Village has established its social media accounts (on Facebook, Instagram, Nextdoor and Twitter) to provide local residents with information about government programs and services and to provide a platform for residents to share viewpoints through civil discourse.

The public is welcome to share opinions and feedback on social media sites managed by the City of Prairie Village. However, please be aware that these sites are limited public forums and moderated by City staff. To best facilitate online conversation, please keep your comments on the topic at hand.

Users who submit posts or comments on City social media sites agree that they have read, understand, and agree to these terms of use.

User-generated posts or comments may be deleted or temporarily hidden (we use Facebook-provided content moderation/filtering options to hide profanity) and later deleted by City staff if content:

• Contains abusive, obscene, profane, threatening, or harassing language, images, GIFs and/or video content or language that is considered profane;
• Contains personal attacks of any kind, defamatory (i.e. slanderous, libelous) remarks, or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups;
• Contains threats against any individual person or group of people;
• Encourages hostility or violence;
• Contains sexually explicit images, cartoons, jokes or links to sexual content;
• Advocates unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other circumstance prohibited by federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation, including Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act;
• Contains commercial messages, including advertisements, endorsements, solicitations and spam;
• Contains information affiliated with, promoting, or endorsing political campaigns, candidates for election to a political office, or ballot measures;
• Contains suggestions or encouragement of illegal activity;
• Contains information that may compromise the safety or security of the public, public systems, the city, its employees, or public officials;
• Violates a legal ownership interest of any other party, such as trademark or copyright infringement;
• Makes or publishes false, vicious or malicious statements concerning any City employee;
• Promotes violence or the threat of violence to themselves or others (these types of comments will be reported to the appropriate authorities);
• Discloses confidential or proprietary information or personally identifiable information, such as an address, phone number, social security number or other sensitive information;
• Contains multiple successive or repetitive posts by a single user or repetitive posts copied and pasted by one or more users, or spam;
• Contains Solicitations for donations, except for official City-sponsored activities;
• Content is off-topic or unrelated to the specific post.

The City of Prairie Village does not discriminate against any views but reserves the right to remove posted comments that do not adhere to these standards.

Profile pictures and account names that accompany posts or comments are also subject to moderation based on the above terms of use.

Violations of these terms of use may result in an individual being blocked from interactions with the City on social media sites. If a user is blocked, we will reasonably attempt to notify the user of the violation.

Further, commenting may be turned off when commenting exceeds 100 comments and/or when there are excessive comments in violation of our terms of use. Alternate methods of engaging with the City will be offered, such as email or mail.

Commenting on social media is not an official notice or comment to the City of Prairie Village or its officials or employees. Social media is monitored during regular business hours.

Thank you for your interest in Prairie Village. We look forward to engaging with you.