SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE

By posting or commenting on any social media platform used by Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer, you participate by your own choice, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username, and any information you provide therein. You further agree to the following terms of use.

Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer maintains a social media program for the purpose of engaging and interacting with the community by providing information, resources, photos, and videos. We welcome people to post their opinions and encourage posters to keep comments relevant to the topic in question. Posting of any content on any social media platform used by Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer, by any visitor, follower, subscriber or fan, constitutes acceptance of the terms of use described here in this policy.

For purposes of this policy, a social media platform is the website or app offered to provide audio, video, still-photo, or written communication between other members of the platform. Examples of social media platforms include Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn, website blogs with commenting capabilities, and forums. The definition of content as used in this policy refers to any written copy, photos, graphics, videos, live-video streams, comments, or any form of communicative content exchanged between parties.

Emergency or Non-Emergency Requests for Police Assistance

Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer social media platforms and websites are not monitored 24/7. In case of an emergency, or if police assistance is needed, please dial 911.

Endorsements

“Friending” or “Liking” Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer, or an employee of Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer, does not indicate an endorsement of that person’s actions or comments. A comment posted by a member on any Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer social media site is the opinion of the commentator or poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by, Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer.

Moderation of Content

Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer social media platforms are intended to be “family friendly.” When applicable Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer uses platform provided content moderation/filtering options to limit foul or obscene content. Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer does actively monitor the social media platforms used and will remove inappropriate content as defined below, without prior notice, and as soon as possible. Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer shall reserve the right to remove and/or block anyone who posts inappropriate material as determined by the staff of Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer.

This material may include, but is not limited to:

1. Spam content including comments not related to the original topic, or are repetitive;
2. Profane, obscene, or pornographic content and/or language;
3. Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of
   race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin;
4. Defamatory or personal attacks;
5. Threats to any person or organization;
6. Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business
   or product for sale; without permission from a Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer moderator;
7. Conduct in violation of any federal, state, or local law;
8. Encouragement of illegal activity;
9. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or
   public systems;
10. Content that violates a legal ownership interest, such as a copyright, of any party;
11.  Harassment or content which constitutes and/or facilitates stalking;
12. Content which violates the right to privacy;
13. Encouragement of unnecessary violence;
14. Comments which may reasonably interfere with, inhibit, or compromise law
    enforcement investigations, police tactics, police responses to incidents and/or
    the safety of police staff and officers;
15. Personally identifiable medical information.

Denial of Access

Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to deny access to any Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer social media sites for any individual, who violates Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer Social Media Terms of Use. If you wish to contest the removal or hiding of your content or your denial of access (“banned”) from our social media platforms, you may do so by contacting us at info@hbchargers.com.

Facebook’s Community of Standards

All comments posted to any Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer Facebook site are bound by Facebook’s Community Standards, located at www.facebook.com/communitystandards, and Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to report any violation of Facebook’s Community Standards to Facebook with the intent of Facebook taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.

X (Formerly Twitter) Rules

When applicable Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to report any violation of the X Rules, located at help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-rules with the intent of X taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.

YouTube Community Guidelines

When applicable, Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to report any violation of the YouTube Community Guidelines, located at www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/communityguidelines.html with the intent of YouTube taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.

Instagram Community Guidelines

When applicable, Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to report any violation of the Instagram Community Guidelines, located at help.instagram.com/477434105621119/ with the intent of Instagram taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.

LinkedIn User Agreement

When applicable, Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer reserves the right to report any violation of the LinkedIn User Agreement, located at www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement with the intent of LinkedIn taking appropriate and reasonable responsive action.

Questions

Should you have any questions in regards to items contained herein this Terms of Use, please contact Huntington Beach Chargers Football and Cheer at info@hbchargers.com.