Social Media Administration Act
There have been many new internet applications designed and put to use since the Confederation of Democratic Simulators (CDS)’ inception. These applications are designed to make communication faster, simpler, and easier for the users or subscribers.
This Bill is to address management of such new or existing applications; this Bill does not apply to the CDS Website or the CDS Forums, which are covered by separate legislation.
Definitions:
Social media: Broadly defined as computer mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.
Social media sites: CDS Facebook Page, Google+, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, CDS Wiki, and any other unnamed existing or future internet applications that incorporate ‘Confederation of Democratic Simulators’ or ‘CDS’ in their name, created with the intention of promoting the CDS.
Administration
All social media applications created for use by the CDS, and using the term ‘CDS’ or ‘Confederation of Democratic Simulators’ are administered by the Chancellor and his or her designated PIO. The Chancellor may authorize citizens to administer specific types of social media,where their skills and interests make this practical or desirable. Any citizen authorized in this way is considered to be acting as a member of the Executive team, under the direction of the Chancellor.
Where social media accounts are secured by only a password, the outgoing Chancellor will provide the incoming Chancellor with a list of all current accounts and passwords. The incoming Chancellor will change the passwords, and inform the Dean of the SC and the LRA of the new passwords. The Dean and LRA hold these passwords as a protection against loss of the account; they will not use these passwords to access and use social media accounts unless authorized by the Chancellor.
Where social media accounts have various levels of access, along with or in place of a password, the outgoing Chancellor will ensure that the incoming Chancellor is given the highest level of access. The Dean of the SC and the LRA will also be given the highest possible access. The Dean and LRA have this access as a protection against loss of the account; they will not use these passwords to access and use social media accounts unless authorized by the Chancellor.
If the Chancellor has given no notice of an extended absence, and the Dean of the SC or the LRA are unable to contact the Chancellor for a period of 21 days or longer, or resigns unexpectedly, the Dean of the SC will secure all accounts by changing passwords and access as necessary, and issuing the new access information to the LRA and any other authorized avatars.
Content
Only the Chancellor, his or her designated PIO and any other members of the Executive team authorized by the Chancellor, will post to social media as the ‘owner’, ‘ CDS ‘, or whatever other username, login name, or account name is displayed by the social media application.
Where additional levels of administrative access are possible (e.g. Facebook page Editor or other non-owner site management roles), the Chancellor may give this level of access to citizens at his or her discretion.
All citizens will be permitted to post, reply, or participate in whatever form of interaction allowed by each social media application, using their own personal accounts.
All content posted to any form of social media must conform to LL ToS; all Laws and the Constitution of the CDS; and may not contain pornographic material or inflammatory or libelous speech directed at any identifiable person or group. Any content posted that does not comply with these rules will be removed and the poster’s ability to participate on social media applications may be temporarily suspended. Any removal of ability to participate on social media applications will be reported to the Dean of the SC; the SC will review any such removal at their next regular meeting and uphold the suspension or reinstate the posting privileges.
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Adopted by the 23rd RA, October 3, 2015