IPSJ Social Media Policy

Established on January 24, 2022

 

 

This social media policy has been established by the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) to govern the use and operation of social media accounts managed by IPSJ (the “Accounts”).

 

 

The Accounts are used to share the latest information on IPSJ’s activities, with the aim of raising users’ awareness of IPSJ and enhancing users’ convenience.

 

 

・Information on events or activities organized or supported by IPSJ

・Information deemed beneficial for IPSJ’s activities

・Resending (retweeting, sharing, etc.) content published by others that is deemed beneficial for IPSJ’s activities

・Information necessary in the operation of social media accounts (e.g., announcing upcoming changes or reporting changes in operation rules, correcting information, etc.)

・Any other information deemed necessary for operating the Accounts

 

 

・IPSJ exercises all reasonable care to ensure the accuracy of information posted on the Accounts. However, IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever in connection with any acts committed by a user using the information posted to the Accounts.

・IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any replies, quotes, retweets, comments, or other engagement posted by a user in response to the Accounts.

・IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any conflicts or disputes arising between users or between a user and a third party in connection with the Accounts.

・Content already posted to the Accounts may be subsequently amended, moved, deleted, or otherwise changed without notice.

・A shortened URL may be displayed as a link destination URL depending on the functions of the social media service used. In this case, IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability for not indicating the full URL.

・If IPSJ uploads or shares (retweets) a photo on the Accounts, some parts of the photo may be cut off (trimmed) depending on the functions of the social media service used. In this case, IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability for not fully displaying a photo.

 

 

If IPSJ deems that an act committed by a user in a social media community or group managed by IPSJ falls under any of the following cases, IPSJ may delete the offending post(s), block the user’s account, or take any other measures without notice.

 

・Posting content that violates applicable laws or regulations, or is likely to cause or encourage such violations

・Abusing or slandering a specific individual, organization, or other entity

・Posting for the purpose of political or religious activities

・Infringement of copyrights, trademark rights, portrait rights, or any other proprietary intellectual property rights of IPSJ or third parties

・Posting for the purpose of advertising, propaganda, solicitation, sales promotions, or any other profit-making activities

・Discriminating based on race, beliefs, principles, etc., or encouraging such discrimination

・Committing acts contrary to public order or morality

・Spreading false information, information that goes against established facts, or mere rumors, or encouraging the spread of such rumors

・Disclosing or divulging any personally identifiable information without the consent of the person in question, or infringing on a person’s privacy in any other way

・Impersonating another user or any other third party

・Posting for the purpose of directing persons visiting the IPSJ website to another website without checking for consent

・Directing users to malicious computer programs

・Repeatedly posting the same or similar comments from the same user account

・Tampering or modifying all, or part of, the content posted by IPSJ

・Posting content unrelated to the content posted by IPSJ

・Violating the applicable terms of service

・Posting any other information or links containing information deemed inappropriate by IPSJ

 

 

Persons who use the information posted on the Accounts are deemed to have agreed to IPSJ’s copyright notice and guidelines, etc.

 

 

The social media policy is available to view on the IPSJ website. This policy may be revised as required without notice.

 

 

IPSJ may, at its sole discretion and without notice, discontinue the operation of the Accounts, delete any content posted to the Accounts, or remove or deactivate the Accounts. IPSJ shall bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any consequences arising as a result of the above measures.

 

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