Social Media and Takedown Policies
Social Media
The purpose of the comment section is to foster courteous and constructive discussion of relevant issues. The Daily Evergreen staff reserves the right to delete any comment we deem at odds with that mission.
We want to establish a fair and open forum for discussion, but personal attacks and threats of any kind actively take away from that purpose. Once we delete a comment we will explain both in the post and through a personal message to the sender as to why it didn’t meet our standards. We will also add a link to our social media policy page on our website. We cannot allow comments that could possibly keep others from speaking their mind on our page. Prohibited comments include:
- Comments with directed profanity, bullying, spam, false or misleading statements
- Comments that could cause physical and emotional harm to any person
- Offensive language targeted toward a specific group of people
- Comments that are off-topic
- Comments that are racist, sexist or bigoted
- Comments by students working for The Office of Student Media, unless authorized
Story changes and removal
Once content is published by The Daily Evergreen, either in print or online, it is considered historical record and shall not be altered, unless with a correction or update.
The Daily Evergreen will not remove any content unless the information is later proven irreparably false or puts someone in danger. In those rare cases, full authority over the decision lies with the editor-in-chief.
