Social Media Policy
Thank you for visiting Manatee County Government's social-media accounts. The intent of these accounts is to share photos, video and information of public interest in Manatee County with our residents, businesses and visitors. The County’s intent is not to create a public forum but to maintain a moderated online discussion directly relating to topics posted by the County that is appropriate for all citizens to read.
Please note if you post a comment, Manatee County reserves the right to delete submissions that contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind or comments that are offensive to a person with reasonable sensitivity or target or disparage age, race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sexual preference, handicapped or disabled, genetic information or status as a veteran or disabled veteran of the U.S. armed forces.
Further, Manatee County also reserves the right to delete comments that:
- are spam or include links to other sites;
- are clearly off topic;
- advocate illegal activity;
- promote or oppose particular services, products, or political organizations and candidates;
- infringe on copyrights or trademarks; or
- would be offensive to community standards of decency.
The comments expressed on these platforms/accounts, other than those posted by Manatee County, do not reflect the opinions and position of the Manatee County Government or its officers and employees. If you have any questions concerning the operation of this online moderated discussion site, contact the Manatee County Information Outreach Coordinator at (941) 745-3771.
These accounts are monitored periodically and are not intended to accept service requests of the County. If you have a service request or statement to make to the County, please do so by submitting a request online or calling 3-1-1 (or 941-748-4501 if calling from outside Manatee County).