
CSUSM’s official Social Media Policy, Guidelines and Disclaimer apply to individuals as well as academic and administrative units who engage in social conversations on behalf of the University. All employees who use social media on behalf of the university are also subject to the Social Media Policy (coming soon). Because social media tools and applications have the potential to have a significant impact on the reputation of the University, we have developed this document to help properly portray, promote and protect the institution and to assist CSUSM employees in managing their social media accounts.
In order to have an officially recognized CSUSM social media account, the following must be observed.
Learn more at Social Media Accessibility Guides.
Be clear and transparent
Clearly state your role or title in your interactions with anyone when using social
media on behalf of CSUSM. University employees who use social media personally should
clearly communicate that they are not acting in a representative capacity. All account
should include a disclaimer regarding content and opinions on this site. (e.g. Shared
posts and RT’s are not endorsements)
These rules apply to all persons who use CSUSM Social Media channels.
We expect conversations on our social media channels to be conducted with respect. The university's social media channels are a free-speech space but you must still abide by university student code of conduct.
CSUSM respects the intellectual property of others and we ask users of our social media sites to do the same. We will, at our discretion, delete posts and limit access to our social media sites of any users who infringe on any intellectual property rights of others.
State, federal and international copyright laws protect certain types of creative works that have been reduced to tangible form including, but not limited to, poems, literary works, motion pictures, videos, choreography, musical compositions, sound recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, computer software, radio and television broadcasts, newspaper and magazine articles and designs.
Such copyright laws protect the copyright holders from various forms of infringement, such as reproduction (even for educational use in the classroom), control over derivative works, distribution, public performance and "moral rights" such as attribution. Because of the high likelihood of copyright infringement claims, copyrighted works must not be used on the University’s social media without prior written permission from the copyright holder.
Although the concept of “fair use” of copyrighted material permits in very limited situations minor copying and distribution without permission of the copyright holder, “fair use” is not subject to precise analysis and therefore must not be used as a justification for using copyrighted material on the University’s social media without prior assessment.
In regards to content posted on and collected through our website, CSUSM follows its privacy policy as well as the Terms of Services policies of each respective social media site. To protect the privacy of our community members, please do not include personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, phone numbers or home addresses. We reserve the right to delete posts containing this information, but we do not monitor or moderate posts by the community and are not responsible for any personal information posted by users to our social media accounts.
CSUSM Social Media sites are subject to the campus Social Media Policy.
CSUSM welcomes the exchange of ideas about university programs, issues, events and activities on social media websites. The material posted, however, does not necessarily represent the views or policies of the University.
The University may remove content that contains confidential information, or that is in violation of state or federal laws, commercial or promotion of a political candidate, a commercial or business product or service, or otherwise injurious or illegal.
By submitting content to any CSUSM social media site, users understand and acknowledge that this information is available to the public, and that CSUSM may use this information for internal and external promotional purposes.
Links to content or other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the organizations, entities, views or content contained therein. CSUSM is not responsible for the content of those external web sites. Users who do not wish to have information they have made available via social media sites used, published, copied and/or reprinted, should not post on the social media sites.