Social media moderation policy of the Council of the European Union

We invite you to contribute to conversations on our social media accounts and to share our content. We are pleased to see different views and opinions expressed, but we will not accept comments that are either offensive in themselves or clearly offensive to other users. 

We ask you to avoid inflammatory, insulting or offensive language. Please show respect to fellow  users and the fundamental principles we all share. We say no to racism, no to xenophobia, no to discrimination based on religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, we accept no calls to violence and so on.

We would also like to ask you to post comments that stick to the subject of our posts. You can share links to other pages, but please don't post link-only comments.

Spam will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to delete all the comments that don't respect these guidelines.

We aim to respond to as many questions as possible as quickly as we can. Did we miss yours? Please let us know at [email protected]

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All photos published on our channels are copyright of the European Union, unless stated otherwise. Photos ©European Union can be used freely provided the source is acknowledged. They must not be used for commercial purposes or in an offensive way.

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If you have questions about the Council of the European Union or the European Council, contact our Public Information Service. 

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Personal data

For statistical purposes we collect aggregated data about our users on social media platforms. We use Emplify to gather and visualise aggregated data for statistical research. In no case the GSC is processing personal data of social media users.

The collection of data is covered by the user terms and license agreement.