Purpose
Salvation Army welcomes honest, friendly and open conversation and values the interaction and freedom that social media affords.
We commit to encouraging a thriving, inclusive, and transparent online community where every voice is valued and respected.
These guidelines are designed for our followers and subscribers, who are keen to share ideas and experiences and communicate with each other.
Social media platforms
Our social media presence encompasses Facebook, Threads, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Flickr.
Our committed team constantly moderates our platforms to ensure they remain a safe environment for all users.
Social media moderation
To keep our social media helpful community and safe for everyone, we reserve the right to remove comments which:
- Are considered likely to disrupt, provoke, attack or offend others
- Are off-topic for the thread of conversation in question
- Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable
- Contain swear words or other language likely to offend
- Could break the law or condone or encourage unlawful activity (this includes breach of copyright, defamation and contempt of court)
- Advertise products or services for profit or gain
- Deliberately impersonate someone else
- Include contact details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses
- Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of others
- Are considered to be 'spam' (posts containing the same message posted multiple times)
- Are ‘trolling’, or posting deliberately disruptive statements meant to hijack comment threads or throw discussions off-track, or are repeatedly off-topic for the comment, discussion or post on which you are posting .
By participating, contributors agree to uphold these guidelines.
Consequences
Contributors who repeatedly breach the guidelines will have their comments removed and be blocked from further contribution.
Report
While we take great care to moderate user-generated content, please report any inappropriate usage to IHQ-Website@salvationarmy.org.
The appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of The Salvation Army.
Privacy
Please note that all responses to Salvation Army web pages, Facebook links and status updates, X posts, etc are public. Contributions may be re-used in other Salvation Army communications. All comments, links and posts made on this page, including those removed by us and any response made, are retained by The Salvation Army. Information posted may be passed to relevant authorities and organisations. We appreciate your cooperation and support.