Welcome to Rutherford County PAWS' official page on Facebook! The purpose of the site is to serve as a mechanism for communication between the County and its constituents and to present matters of public interest in Rutherford County. The County’s primary and predominant internet presence shall remain www.rutherfordcountytn.gov. If you need an official source of information about Rutherford County, please visit www.rutherfordcountytn.gov. The following content is not allowed and will be immediately removed and may subject the
poster to banishment from all County social media sites:
- Comments not topically related to the particular social medium article being commented upon;
- Comments in support of or opposition to political campaigns or ballot measures;
- Profane language or content;
- Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
- Sexual content or links to sexual content;
- Solicitations of commerce;
- Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; or
- Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party. In addition, Facebook’s profanity filter is activated and may also remove comments if those comments are deemed inappropriate. Also, please keep in mind that this is an internet page on Facebook.com. owns and operate Facebook.com and has its own policies and standards concerning what may and may not be posted, as well as the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts. See “Facebook Community Standards” at www.facebook.com/communitystandards/. The County may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots” (i.e., content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”), if necessary. The County is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments placed on this site by visitors to this site. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments, username, and/or any information placed on this page by the commenter. The County does not officially endorse any referenced individuals, business, products, or organizations found on this page.
