Social Media Comments Policy

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The purpose of the Town of Leesburg’s official social media accounts is to present matters of interest to Leesburg’s residents, businesses, visitors, and other members of the general public. We encourage you to post comments and share the Town’s posts to your own accounts. However, the individual who posts a comment is solely responsible for its contents. Comments posted on the Town’s social media accounts may not reflect the opinions and positions of the Town of Leesburg government, its officers, or employees.

The Town of Leesburg considers all its social media accounts to be moderated online discussion sites. While the Town does not discriminate against views or opinions posted to its social networking accounts, the Town reserves the right to request comments to be edited or removed if inappropriate. Examples of inappropriate content include: 

  • abusive, threatening, harassing, profane or vulgar language;
  • promoting, fostering, or perpetuating discrimination;
  • spam or links to other sites;
  • illegal, dangerous, or destructive activity;
  • sexual, lewd, or indecent messages;
  • compromising the safety or security of the public, public systems, or private individuals;
  • soliciting others for commercial ventures. Posts that are misdirected to the social media platform related to customer support or service questions that are more appropriately directed to other Town communication portals will be directed to those portals and will not be responded to on the social media platform.

All content of this page, including comments posted, are public information and are subject to the laws of Commonwealth of Virginia, including the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

The Town’s social media accounts are administered by designated staff. If you have any questions concerning the operation of the Town’s social media accounts, please contact the Leesburg Public Information Office at PIO@leesburgva.gov.