City manager said no one monitored its Facebook page and other forums were available for residents.
The Antioch Police Department has disabled comments on its Facebook page as of Wednesday.
The city has a number of public forums underway already through the police department, as well as listening sessions and community engagement efforts, Ebbs said.Ebbs said the city’s communications outreach strategy is geared toward those who live or work in the community, whereas Facebook is open to everyone no matter where they live.
“That’s something we’re very reluctant to do, to begin editing on any basis,” he said. “There’s a strong precedent that supports people’s rights to communicate once that communication is open, so we wanted to avoid the situation where we had to make those decisions on a post-by-post basis.” “We want to have residents take advantage of those because they are really productive forums,” he said. “And again, they are tailored to the residents and those who work and live here.”
If it’s a one-way channel for dispensing information – rather than a forum – a government entity is not required to accept comments in return, he said.
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