Online communities and social media - Print version

Online communities are websites that enable people who share a common interest to interact with each other. We use some online communities such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube to communicate with local residents and businesses.

Rules and guidelines

Pre-election publicity rules

In the six week run up to an election Councils have to very careful not to do or say anything that could seen in any way to support any political party or candidate. The restriction does not apply to local councillors. It means we make sure we don't post anything political, but also we'll be deleting any overtly party political comments we receive on our social media channels.

Guidance

Most websites have their own rules and guidelines, which we will always follow. We reserve the right to remove any contributions or contributors that break the rules or guidelines, or any of the following:

• Be civil, tasteful and relevant.
• Do not post messages that are unlawful, libellous, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented or racially offensive.
• Do not swear.
• Do not post content copied from elsewhere, for which you do not own the copyright.
• Do not post the same message, or very similar messages, more than once (also called "spamming").
• Do not publicise your, or anyone else's, personal information, such as contact details.
• Do not advertise products or services.
• Do not impersonate someone else.
• Do not troll.
• Do not spread disinformation or misinformation. This includes anti-vaxx, QAnon and other tropes. We are committed to ensuring clear public health messaging.

Libel

Please take care not to make libellous statements. In law this means a statement that lowers the reputation of a person or organisation in the eyes of a reasonable person. By publishing such a statement we can both get into serious trouble. We will take down any statement that could be libellous.

Safety when using the internet

Please exercise safe surfing guidelines when using the Internet and Facebook.

• Safe surfing links from the Internet Watch Foundation [https://www.iwf.org.uk/resources/useful-links]
• How to use Facebook's privacy settings [http://www.facebook.com/safety/]

The presence of any advertisement on online communities is not an endorsement of the authenticity or quality of the goods, services or website and Coventry City Council will not be held responsible for any claims arising in that respect.

X

X is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates.

You can follow us:

• Coventry City Council news and events: @coventrycc [http://www.twitter.com/coventrycc/]
• list of all Council X accounts [https://twitter.com/coventrycc/lists/council-twitter-accounts/members]

Facebook

Facebook is a free social networking website. Users can join networks organised by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people.

We use Facebook to raise awareness of campaigns and consultations.

• Facebook page: Coventry [http://www.facebook.com/coventrycc]
• Facebook page: Coventry City Council Apprenticeships [https://www.facebook.com/coventryccapprenticeships]
• Facebook page: Coventry City Council Careers [https://www.facebook.com/coventryCCCareers]
• Facebook page: Cheylesmore Manor [https://www.facebook.com/cheylesmoremanor/]
• Facebook page: Coventry Libraries and Information Service [https://www.facebook.com/covlibraries]
• Facebook page: Coombe Abbey Park [http://www.facebook.com/coombeabbeypark]
• Facebook page: Godiva Festival [http://www.facebook.com/godivafestival]
• Facebook page: GoCV card [https://www.facebook.com/gocvcard]
• Facebook page: Coventry's Lord Mayor [http://www.facebook.com/coventrylordmayor]
• Facebook page: Foster with Coventry [https://www.facebook.com/fosterwithcoventry]
• Facebook page: Coventry Sport [https://www.facebook.com/coventrysport]
• Facebook page: Coventry Adult Education Service [https://www.facebook.com/CoventryAdultEducationService/]
• Facebook page: Coventry Dog Wardens [https://www.facebook.com/coventrydogwarden/]
• Facebook Page: The Job Shop [https://www.facebook.com/CoventryJobShop/]
• Facebook page: The Pod [https://www.facebook.com/thepodcoventry/]
• Facebook page: The Pod - Time Union [https://www.facebook.com/TimeUnionCoventry]
• Facebook page: The Pod - Food Union [https://www.facebook.com/foodunionista]
• Facebook page: OurCov [https://www.facebook.com/ourcov/]
• Facebook page: Wood Side Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/woodsidefamilyhub/]
• Facebook page: Pathways Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/pathwaysfamilyhub/]
• Facebook page: Park Edge Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/parkedge/]
• Facebook page: Harmony Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/harmonyfamilyhub/]
• Facebook page: Aspire Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/AspireFamilyHub/]
• Facebook page: The Moat Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/themoatfamilyhub/]
• Facebook page: Families For All Hub [https://www.facebook.com/familiesforallhub/]
• Facebook page: Mosaic Family Hub [https://www.facebook.com/mosaicfamilyhub/]

Flickr

Flickr is a free online photo management and sharing application.

Coventry City Council uses Flickr to share photos of Coventry.

• Coventry City Council's Flickr page [http://www.flickr.com/photos/coventrycc]

Flickr groups

• Olympic Torch Relay group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/torchrelaycov/]
• Godiva Festival 2011 group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/godivafestival2011/pool/]
• Proud of our City! group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/proudofmycity/]

YouTube

YouTube is a free online video sharing application.

Coventry City Council uses YouTube to share videos about the work it does, its people and events.

• Coventry City Council's YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/coventrycc] (external website, opens in a new window)

Transcripts for our YouTube videos [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/directory/93/video_and_audio_transcripts].

Live streaming

We broadcast our Full Council meetings live [http://www.coventry.gov.uk/webcast].

Archives of these meetings are also available.

Other Council meetings are streamed via YouTube [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/onlinepublicmeetings].

Blogs

Blogs for you to read and comment on:

• Fostering blog [http://www.coventry.gov.uk/blog/fostering]

Soundcloud

Soundcloud is where we upload sounds, such as radio jingles.

• Listen to our recordings on Soundcloud [https://soundcloud.com/coventrycc]

Pinterest

Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organising things.

We use Pinterest to:

• Share the shortlisted books for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards [https://www.pinterest.com/covbooks/]

Instagram

We use Instagram to share photos and images.

• Coventry City Council [https://instagram.com/coventrycitycouncil/]
• Cheylesmore Manor [https://www.instagram.com/cheylesmoremanor1320/]
• Coventry Horizon [http://www.instagram.com/coventryhorizon]
• Coventry Libraries [https://instagram.com/covlibraries]
• Godiva Festival [https://www.instagram.com/godivafestivalofficial/]
• The Pod Cafe [https://www.instagram.com/the_pod_cafe/]
• The Job Shop [https://www.instagram.com/coventryjobshop/]
• Visit Coventry [https://www.instagram.com/visit_coventry/]

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service.

Company page

• Follow Coventry City Council's company page [https://www.linkedin.com/company/coventry-city-council].

Specialist groups

• Workplace Wellbeing Award - Thrive at work [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5069243]
• Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme [https://www.linkedin.com/company/coventry-and-warwickshire-green-business-programme/]