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Director's Office - Communications
Hawaiʻi State Department of Health
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Honolulu, HI 96813
RE: Deletion of Comments
A comment that violates the Facebook‘s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities may be removed by Facebook. For information on what Facebook allows and does not allow, read the Facebook Community Standards
We have activated the Profanity Blocklist feature provided by Facebook. This feature will block the most commonly reported words and phrases marked as offensive by the broader community. We will delete a comment, content, or expression (“comment”) that disrupts, disturbs, impedes, is contrary to, is inappropriate for, or interferes with function of and ability of this limited public forum to fulfill its purpose, such as a comment that is:
• Off-topic;
• Profane or sexually explicit;
• Using an offensive term that targets a specific individual(s) or groups, including a term based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation;
• Invasive of a person's privacy;
• A commercial solicitation or advertisement, a chain letter, or a pyramid scheme;
• Containing personal information such as a driver license number, a social security number, and other information protected by law;
• Disclosing any detail about an ongoing investigation or court or administrative proceeding that could prejudice the process or interfere with the rights or claims of a person or entity;
• Part of or is a repetitive post copied and pasted by multiple users;
• Spam or could constitute spam; and
• Speech for which content-based restrictions are permitted, including incitement, obscenity, defamation, speech integral to criminal conduct, so-called “fighting words,” child pornography, fraud, threats, and speech presenting some grave and imminent threat the Government has the power to prevent. This page is subject to amendment or modification at any time.
