Social media moderation policy

The National Justice Museum is based in Nottingham’s former Shire Hall and County Gaol, a Grade II* listed building featuring a Victorian criminal and civil courtroom, an Edwardian police station and exhibitions exploring the fascinating history of justice. We house historically significant collections of over 40,000 objects that cover the history of the British Criminal Justice System.

On our social media channels, we share stories from our building’s true crime history, as well as news about our upcoming events and exhibitions on the complex and multi-faceted themes of social justice. All of this content is created with the help of our expert team of historians, researchers, and curators. We like sharing our stories with you and encouraging conversation and debate. We would ask people engaging with us to be kind and respectful to each other, our staff, and those working with us. We will moderate content (including but not limited to comments and posts) that we believe to be –

Abusive or harassing* - any content that is abusive, offensive, threatening, violent, disruptive, obscene, inflammatory, or sexually objectifying

Discriminatory – any content that discriminates against protected characteristics including age, gender, disability, race, religion, and sexual orientation

Putting children or vulnerable adults at risk – any content the puts children (i.e. anyone under the age of 18) or anyone over the age of 18 who is classed as vulnerable, at risk of harm, harassment, or abuse

Illegal – any content that contains or links to illegal content, or suggests, supports, or glamourises illegal activity

Containing personal information - including but not limited to the name, address, telephone, mobile or fax number, email address or any other personal data in respect of any individual

Links to inappropriate content such as websites or files that contain malicious software or content that breaks our social media moderation policy

Anything that could impact the outcome of a court case

Directed at an individual’s appearance – any content (positive or negative) directed at a person’s appearance, unless their appearance (i.e. hair or costume) is the topic of the original post

Copyright infringement - including content taken from other creators/artists and posted without consent

Defamatory to a person or organisation’s reputation

Off topic – any content that is unrelated to the original topic or our organisation (including spam, phishing or sales)

Impersonating or misrepresenting a person or organisation

Promoting products, services, or people for financial gain

Breaking a social media platform’s own rules or guidelines

We will not reply to comments which break the above rules, and these comments may be hidden or blocked at our discretion. Repeated breaking of the above rules may result in the account being blocked from our pages. We may report these comments or accounts to the social media platform where they break that platform’s rules, or to the police where they break the law.

Most importantly – be kind.

*It is an offence under the UK’s Public Order Act 1986 for a person to use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause, another person harassment, alarm or distress.