Social Media Moderation Policy
The purpose of Congressman Castro's social media pages is to communicate with the citizens of the 20th Congressional District of Texas regarding his activities on their behalf and other matters of federal policy, and for his constituents to provide pertinent feedback regarding those communications. Congressman Castro welcomes comments, but users should be advised that these pages are moderated online discussion sites and not public forums. Comments posted to these pages will be monitored and must comply with the policies of the relevant social media platforms and these terms of use. The Office of Congressman Castro reserves the right to remove comments that (i) are unrelated to the purpose of these pages or are not topically related to the specifics of the posting; (ii) contain fighting words, graphic or gratuitous violence, vulgar language, profanity, nudity, obscene or indecent language or sexual content, or false representations of fact; (iii) promote or incite illegal or fraudulent transactions or activities; (iv) threaten, intimidate, harass, or defame any person or organization; (v) otherwise violate the individual terms of use for the relevant social media platform; (vi) constitute “spam,” such as content that appears to be from internet bots or repetitive, copy-paste statements; (vii) are commercial in nature, such as advertising, promotion, or endorsement of services or products, or solicitation of funds; (viii) contain personally identifiable information about another individual; (ix) misrepresent the commenter’s identity or affiliation; (x) contain links to any other website; and/or (xi) constitute campaign-related communications, electioneering, or fundraising efforts.