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Social Media Privacy Disclaimer

Your activity on third-party social media websites is governed by the security and privacy policies of the third-party websites. The BEP encourages you to review the privacy policies of the third-party websites before using them in order for you to understand how the information you make available on those sites will be used. You also may choose to adjust your account’s privacy setting on such third-party websites according to your preferences. The BEP does not control, modify, or endorse comments or opinions provided by visitors to this third-party website. The BEP uses third-party social media to provide a better understanding of BEP’s mission-related activities. The BEP does not collect, maintain, or disseminate information made available by you in the third-party social media website. 

 

The BEP uses third-party social media to provide a better understanding of BEP’s mission-related activities. The BEP does not collect, maintain, or disseminate information made available by you on third-party social media. To that end, we do not pre-moderate users’ comments on our social media. However, the BEP can remove multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user, repetitive posts copied and pasted by multiple users, spam, or chain mail. This means that users’ comments are automatically published, but they may be removed by a BEP official if the comment:


a. Contains obscene, indecent, or profane language;
b. Contains threats, defamatory statements, or personal attacks;
c. Encourages illegal activity;
d. Contains hate speech or material that ridicules others on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, age, religion, or disability;
e. Contains sensitive or personally identifiable information;
f. Solicits political donations or is directed at the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political, or partisan political group; and/or
g. Promotes or endorses specific commercial services or products.


Note that the views expressed on BEP social media, the appearance of external links posted by users, and following, liking, sharing, or reposting content does not constitute official endorsement of the BEP or the U.S. government. The BEP is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from any comments posted on the social media pages. These forums may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, complaint, legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy.