Institutional Social Media Use
In the administration of the account, ISU employees and units must comply with the following:
- Applicable federal requirements, including but not limited to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA).
- University regulations, policies, and procedures which dictate appropriate and expected behavior.
- University Communication in the Office of the President will provide members of the media and the public with university news (See Policy 915). University Communication will be the first to announce all university news. Social media administrators can then share the information from University Communication's social media platforms.
- Indiana State University maintains trademarked and copyrighted word marks and logos. The logos can be used by a department or unit for official social media presence, but you must seek approval from University Marketing prior to use.
- University accounts must not post about or comment on political issues (See Policy 915).
- Personnel issues should not be discussed on social media.
- Respect copyright and intellectual property rights of other entities, artists, and organizations.
- University-owned computers, tablets, and devices are reserved for university-related business.
- Read, obey, and comply with the Terms of Service and community guidelines on all social media platforms, e.g. Facebook community standards.
- Post only public information. Proprietary or confidential information, personal and/or private information about Indiana State University, staff, and students cannot be posted on social media.
- Posts should not include obscenity, copyright infringement, libel, and threats.
- Report inappropriate posts or accounts with university-related information to University Marketing and University Communication.
- Place this statement or a link to this statement on the social media account profile, bio, about section or other visible area:
- The university reserves the right to remove posts and comments from its official social media properties if they:
- incite violence or otherwise discriminatory or harassing;
- are obscene or defamatory;
- are repeatedly irrelevant to the university;
- are contradictory to University Policies.
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