Australian Government Consultation Blog Discussion Paper - Draft consultation blog moderation guidelines
Posts to the consultation blog may be moderated according to the Acceptable Use Policy. Where a post does not comply with the Acceptable Use Policy it will be removed from the forum. If the person making the post has provided contact details, they could be contacted and informed of the reasons for the removal and invited to resubmit the post after editing so that it complies with the policy.
Acceptable Use Policy
The intent of the Acceptable Use Policy is to create a positive environment where people are able to publicly contribute their views to the consultation blog forum, in the spirit of improving government policy, without fear of abuse or harassment or exposure to offensive or otherwise inappropriate content and protecting the operators of the consultation blog from legal liability.
When contributing your views to this consultation blog forum, please ensure that you:
- do protect your personal privacy and that of others by not including personal information of either yourself or of others in your posts to the forum, (such as names, email addresses, private addresses or phone numbers);
- do post material to the forum that is relevant to the issues currently being consulted on;
- do represent your own views and not impersonate or falsely represent any other person;
- do not be abusive, harass or threaten others;
- do not make defamatory or libellous comments;
- do not use insulting, provocative or hateful language;
- do not use obscene or offensive language;
- do not post material to the forum that infringes the intellectual property rights of others;
- do not post multiple versions of the same view to the forum;
- do not promote commercial interests in your posts to the forum; and
- do not include internet addresses or links to websites, or any email addresses, in your contribution.
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