DFPS’s social media pages are intended to share official updates, resources, and information that promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, adults, and families across Texas. We value engagement from the public and encourage thoughtful questions, constructive feedback, and respectful dialogue.
To maintain a safe and supportive environment, we ask all participants to adhere to our commenting policy. By engaging with our pages, you agree to communicate in a respectful and responsible manner. DFPS will remove content that does not meet our policy standards including, but not limited to, comments, links, and URLs that:
- Share confidential or sensitive personal information.
- Violate copyright.
- Contain comments that are profane, obscene, racist, sexist, or derogatory.
- Are threatening, harassing, defamatory, or discriminatory.
- Contain information that could compromise public safety.
- Incite or promote violence or illegal activities.
- Promote political views or candidates.
- Are commercial endorsements or spam.
- Are off-subject or out of context.
- Promote goods or services.
- Are otherwise illegal or violate DFPS agency policy.
Repeated violations of this policy can result in consequences including comment removal, temporary bans, and blocking from the platforms.