Kimball City Attorney and Marion County Attorney Billy GougerKIMBALL, Tenn. — As the use of social media grows, Kimball is moving to protect itself from misuse that could be damaging.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen late last week unanimously approved Resolution 2012-05, which sets a social media use and Internet posting policy for the town.
“The primary purpose of it is to create and maintain separation between an individual’s right to use social media and the rights of employees or volunteers for the town to involve the town in posting on social media and Internet websites,” City Attorney Billy Gouger said.
The policy the board adopted is a model policy recommended to members of the University of Tennessee’s Municipal Technical Advisory Service, officials said.
Gouger said the policy deals primarily with protecting freedom-of-speech rights of individuals, employees or volunteers of the town, but it also is designed to guard the privacy rights of third parties and the town.