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City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />Social Media Policy <br />For Elected Officials <br />J <br />Purpose <br />This policy establishes guidelines for the appropriate use of social media by elected officials of <br />the City of Sunny Isles Beach to ensure transparency, fairness, compliance with legal <br />regulations, and effective communication with the public. <br />Scope <br />This policy applies to all elected officials of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, including the Mayor, <br />Vice Mayor and City Commissioners, when using social media in their official capacity or when <br />their online posts and content may be reasonably perceived as representing the City as an <br />elected official. This policy further applies to any person working on behalf of an elected official <br />representing city business or interests, whether they are a public employee or private citizen or <br />organization. However, this policy is not intended to regulate, prohibit, or inhibit the protected <br />free speech of any individual elected official. Instead, this policy is designed to protect the City <br />Commission's majority, legally binding position on any issue that is decided before it, while <br />providing guidance to elected officials on the use of social media platforms. <br />Privacy Statement <br />Elected officials should be aware that there is generally no reasonable expectation of privacy <br />when posting comments and content on social media sites where information is displayed for <br />public viewing. This includes posting content on the pages of friends, family, and acquaintances <br />who have privacy settings enabled. These, privacy settings do not automatically classify a <br />posting as "private" and elected officials should consider any publicly displayed content on the <br />internet as "not private." Regardless of whether a private message is sent from an elected <br />official public page, campaign page, or personal social media accounts, if the subject therein <br />includes any official business of the City and the Commission, that message is not private and <br />will be subject to Public Records and Sunshine Laws. <br />949 <br />