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Social media moderation policy

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) maintains an active social media presence on a range of channels.

In using the MDBA’s social media channels, you agree to only use the MDBA’s social media channels for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict the use and enjoyment of the channel, by any other person. This includes avoiding any conduct which is unlawful, infringes intellectual property rights, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person. You must also not use the MDBA's social media channels to transmit any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous content or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would contravene the law or disrupt the operations of the channels.

In using the MDBA’s social media channels, you agree:

  • to always comply with the terms of use of any social media platform that hosts the MDBA’s social media channels
  • not to engage in conduct that is offensive, obscene, vulgar or violent
  • not to engage in conduct that vilifies or discriminates against any particular gender, religion, sexual preference, age, disability, marital or domestic status, race/ethnicity, criminal record or political opinion
  • not to engage in conduct that is fraudulent, deceptive or misleading including to not impersonate or falsely represent any other person or organisation
  • not to engage in conduct that you do not have a legal right to post (for example, material that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property rights of another person or material which is confidential)
  • not to engage in conduct that advertises, offers or promotes anything of a commercial nature (for example any material which may breach the Spam Act 2003 (Cth))
  • not to engage in conduct or encourage any conduct that would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability or is otherwise illegal or unlawful
  • to protect your personal privacy and that of others by not posting any personal information (e.g. names, e–mail or private addresses, phone numbers, photographs) relating to yourself, that is not already public information, or anyone else without first obtaining their permission to do so
  • not to deliberately disrupt discussions (e.g. trolling)
  • not to post irrelevant or excessively long material.

If you breach these terms of use you accept that we may, in our sole discretion:

  • remove or refuse to post any material you have submitted
  • suspend or permanently block you from using the MDBA's social media channels
  • take any other action, including legal action, which we consider to be appropriate.
Updated: 20 Jan 2020