Guidelines for comments on WSRW's Facebook page
Published 02 March 2015


The social media accounts of Western Sahara Resource Watch shall foster constructive dialogue and debate. We will accept comments which contribute to the conversation.

WSRW reserves the right to delete comments on our social media channels that:
* Are posted in languages ​​other than English.
* Are not relevant to the item it comments on.
* Contain rude or offensive language.
* Make reference to a third person in a detrimental manner.
* Are posted repeatedly from other pages or groups.

WSRW reserves the right to block users who:
* Post comments that may be offensive or defamatory, such as allegations of legislative breaches.
* Publish posts that violate European laws.
* Regularly post comments that are not relevant to the content that has been published.
* Use rude or offensive language.
* Present unreasonable/false claims against WSRW.
* Post from fake or anonymous profiles. Comments shall be posted under own profile and correct name.
* Post spam or advertising. Spam also includes repetitive posts copied from other pages or other users, as well as numerous identical comments on different posts.

WSRW reserves the right to delete comments and block users without further notice or explanation beyond that it is either in violation of these rules or disclosure of fake profiles.

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