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Dear Adam Steinbaugh:

Thank you for your interest in public records of Miami-Dade Police Department.  Your request has been received and is being processed.  Your request was received in this office on 3/6/2022 and given the reference number P778418-030622 for tracking purposes. To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

With respect to any Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram account created, operated, or maintained by your agency:

1. A copy of the list of people, accounts, or pages banned by that account. This list is accessible by logging into the account as an administrator and:
(a) On Facebook, clicking "Settings" t the top of the official page, (C) clicking “People and Other Pages” in the left column, and (D) selecting “Banned People and Pages” from the drop-down menu. The final URL should look like: https://www.facebook.com/.../settings/?tab=people_and_other_pages.
(b) On Twitter, navigating to this URL while logged into the account: https://twitter.com/settings/blocked.
(c) On Instagram, follow these instructions: https://help.instagram.com/461525818338125/?helpref=uf_share.

2. A copy of the settings for the Facebook page. This list is accessible by (A) logging into the Facebook page as an administrator, and then (B) clicking “Settings” at the top of the official page. The URL should look like: https://www.facebook.com/.../settings/?tab=settings.

3. A copy of any policy concerning employee use of social media or use of your agency's social media accounts by the public.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Adam Steinbaugh

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Good Afternoon,
The following are the responses I received from our Social Media Section:
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* I attached a screenshot of our Settings Page from Facebook
* I attached Chapter 12, Part 3 of our SOP. Additionally, below are our Social Media Terms of Use Social Media Terms of Use The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) recognizes and appreciates the rights of all members of our online community to free speech and freedom of expression. All departmental social media sites and all comments posted, however, are regularly monitored by administrators who reserve the right to report to the host site obscenities and hate speech.   Furthermore, users are subject to the host site's Terms of Service, and any user in violation of the Terms of Service will be reported. Accordingly, the public is cautioned that comments that are obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit, threatening in nature, advocate criminal behavior, discriminate, include clearly inaccurate information, or are unrelated to the intended topic of discussion or provide links to other third party sites, will be removed. Additionally, the MDPD has the right, with or without notice, to block access to its social media pages to any user who consistently violates the policy guidelines.

Since departmental social media sites are a public forum for the MDPD, any content posted is considered official business and is subject to proper retention and disclosure pursuant to Florida law.

Opinions expressed by visitors to MDPD social media sites do not reflect the opinions of Miami-Dade County or MDPD.

Under Florida law, names, photos, social media posts, messages, e-mail addresses, and other information submitted to the host of this page or posted on this site are public records. If you do not want your information released in the response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail or messages to this host or post on this site. Instead, contact the department that hosts this site by phone.

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Re: Media Request of March 06, 2022. Reference #: P778418-030622
Dear Adam Steinbaugh: The Miami-Dade Police Department ("MDPD") has identified records that appears to be responsive to your public records request dated March 06, 2022. The records have been released to our online . You can log into the system and download your responsive records. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please reply to this email. Thank you. Sincerely, Miami-Dade Police Department Media Unit