Social media community guidelines

The goal of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s social media posts is to inspire and inform, connecting the Aquarium with visitors and the community.

We ask that users treat each other with courtesy and respect at all times, particularly during disagreements. We reserve the right to hide or delete any of the following types of content, and block users who share it:

• Messages that are misleading or false; as a science-based organization, we do not support spreading misinformation
• Messages posted by anonymous or robot accounts
• Deliberate provocation of other community members in the form of intentional trolling, troll baiting, or flaming
• Racist, hateful, sexist, homophobic, slanderous, insulting, or life-threatening messages
• Messages that contain name-calling, personal attacks, or defamatory statements
• Serious, unproven, or inaccurate accusations against individuals or organizations
• Abusive, aggressive, coarse, explicit, vulgar, violent, obscene, or pornographic messages
• Messages that infringe on copyrights
• Messages for advertising purposes
• Messages that suggest or encourage illegal activity

All comments are monitored and moderated by the Monterey Bay Aquarium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday. Comments posted outside of these hours will be read and addressed as quickly as possible.

We appreciate your support and thank you for your cooperation.