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4 Social Media Strategies The City of St. Anthony uses a variety of forms of media to communicate to the public in an accurate and timely manner. The City of St. Anthony's website (www.savmn.com) is the City's primary and predominant internet presence. The City uses social media as a secondary method to provide two-way communication with the public to present news and information relating to the City of St. Anthony. The City of St. Anthony will retain authority over and provide a detailed expectation of what is "spoken" on behalf of the City on social media sites. The City will determine, at its discretion, how its social media and online presence will be designed, implemented and managed as part of its overall communications strategy. Social media resources may be modified or removed by the City at any time and without notice as necessary means to maintain the integrity of both communications and information technology functions. The City of St. Anthony social media sites are subject to Minnesota public records laws. Any content maintained in a social media format that is related to City business is a public record and shall be retained in accordance with the City's adopted record retention schedule. Social media postings are considered transitory, incidental, and non-vital correspondence and are retained until read. The City of St. Anthony makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on its social media pages. However, several factors that are beyond the City's control (including unauthorized modification of electronic data, transmission errors, browser incompatibilities, information that has been cached on the local computer or storage device, or other aspects of electronic communication) can affect the quality of the information displayed on social media sites. For that reason, the City does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided on its social media pages and is not liable for reliance on this information. The City also reserves the right to have only one-way communications on social media sites. Social media pages are monitored during standard business hours - Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. St. Anthony does not share information gathered through its social media sites for promotional purposes. Scope This section applies to any existing or proposed social media and online accounts created by City employees during the course and scope of their work. This section does not govern personal use of social media during work hours or personal social media sites. However, in accordance with the city’s social media strategies and the employee resource guide, employees must exercise good judgement when using personal social media to not bring negative publicity or discredit to the City of St. Anthony or its employees. This applies to all full-time and associate employees, temporary employees, and interns.