California State Public Health Department

CDPH Facebook Comment Policy: Thank you for being a fan of CDPH on Facebook. CDPH participates in Facebook in order to engage individuals and organizations in leading healthier lives. CDPH provides content on Facebook to encourage participation with our science-based messages and discussion of health information.

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Disclaimer: Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of CDPH. External, non-CDPH links on this site do not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the CDPH. While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on the CDPH Facebook page, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner.

CDPH does not necessarily agree with or endorse every comment that individuals post on our pages. Our goal is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our profile. Therefore, a comment will be deleted, at CDPH's sole discretion, if it contains:
• - Hate speech
• - Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity
• - Nudity in profile pictures
• - Defamation to a person or people
• - Name calling and/or personal attacks,
• - Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product, and
• - Comments that infringe on the rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights,
• - Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile,
• - Any and all other comments that the CDPH Social Media team deems inappropriate.

All links posted as comments on CDPH posts will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of the CDPH comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from the CDPH Facebook page. Posting personal health information (including images) about an individual who is a beneficiary of a government program providing healthcare services, whether it is you or another person, is strictly prohibited. The Department has an interest in maintaining the privacy of Californians, including preventing the transmission of any data that might compromise a person's identity, and, in the process become an invasion of privacy.

We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium, however, our moderation capabilities are not. We many not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech and respond politely. Please contact CDPHPress@ if you have any questions.