Commenting Guidelines for UC Irvine School of Law Social Media Channels
We encourage comments that are consistent with the UC Irvine Social Media Guidelines. We discourage and may remove comments that are off-topic, use ethnic or racial slurs, contain hateful speech, make personal attacks, or use abusive language. Comments involving obscenity, libel, phishing, or spamming may be removed. We may also remove comments that are threatening and obscene, contain commercial solicitations, or make political endorsements. Additional details are contained below.
UC Irvine School of Law reserves the right to block an account or remove a post that is noncompliant with UC Irvine policies or commenting guidelines.
Comments may be turned off (and would remain off) on UC Irvine School of Law social media posts for any of the following reasons:
- The purpose of the post is informational in nature and it is also publicly posted on other UC Irvine communication channels, such as the UC Irvine School of Law Media Center.
- The volume of comments are sufficiently high that reviewing comments for compliance with Commenting Guidelines becomes unmanageable for page administrators to keep up.
- The subject of the post pertains to a sensitive topic (e.g., death of a student out of respect to the student’s family or next of kin).
Posts may be removed for any of the following reasons:
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- Comments that are inconsistent with the topic of the post (aka "off-topic").
- Comments that are libelous or use obscenity, true threats, promote incitement, discrimination or harassment.
- Comments that disclose information that is confidential by law.
- Comments supporting or opposing candidates for elective public office or supporting or opposing ballot measures.
- Comments that contain commercial solicitations or phishing links.
- Duplicative comments left by the same user or multiple users (aka "spam"). Should this happen, only the first submission in alignment with our guidelines will be approved.
- Other comments that violate UC Irvine policies or commenting guidelines.
See UC Statement of Privacy Values
See UCI Rights of Free Speech and Academic Freedom
See UC Statement of Ethical Values
UC Electronic Communications Policy
UC Principles of Community
UC Privacy and Information Security Initiative
UC Copyright and Fair Use Policy
For your own personal safety, please refrain from posting personally identifying information, as your comments are visible to the public.
Comments posted to UC Irvine School of Law social media channels from others do not represent the opinions of UC Irvine School of Law. Communication made through social technology in no way constitutes a legal or official notice to the University of California, Irvine, its agencies, faculty/academics, or staff. References to third-party content or websites do not indicate endorsement or responsibility on behalf of the University.
UC Irvine School of Law abides by Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, YouTube and X (formerly known as Twitter) Terms and Conditions and asks you to do the same when participating in these communities.
For questions, comments, or to report abuse, send a message to communications@law.uci.edu.
