Social Media Policy

Social Media Policy

The purpose of this page is for Congressman Eric Swalwell to communicate with his constituents living in the 15th Congressional District of California regarding his work in Washington, DC and the East Bay and for his constituents to provide pertinent feedback regarding those communications.

We welcome your comments, but please note that this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum. Comments posted to this page will be monitored and must comply with the platform’s policy and terms of use. Comments must not:

• Be unrelated to the purpose of this page or are not topically related to the specifics of the posting;

• Contain fighting words, graphic or gratuitous violence, vulgar language, racist or discriminatory language, profanity, nudity, obscene or indecent language or sexual content, or false representations of fact;

• Promote or incite illegal or fraudulent transactions or activities;

• Threaten, intimidate, harass, or defame any person or organization;

• Otherwise violate the platforms’ terms of use, such as hate speech;

• Constitute “spam,” such as content that appears to be from bots or repetitive, copy-paste statements;

• Are commercial in nature, such as advertising, promotion, or endorsement of services or products;

• Contain personally identifiable information about another individual;

• Misrepresent the commenter’s identity or affiliation;

• Contain links to any other website;

Commenters should be on notice that comments that violate this policy may subject them to reasonable sanctions that are narrowly tailored to achieve the compelling interests in operating Congressman Swalwell’s official social media.

Repeated violations of this policy may result in the inability of the author to comment on future posts.

Comments of a threatening nature may be reported to the appropriate authorities.