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This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
A government introduction to social media; from aiding research to the ethical considerations of using such platforms.
Information about the Department of Health and Social Care’s social media accounts and how we moderate them.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
The Department for Education’s social media policy and how we interact with our social media followers.
Disclosure and Barring Service's social media house rules outline how we will engage with customers and the behaviours we expect from users.
Information about Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) social media channels.
Guidance and moderation information for the UKTI social media channels, including specific guidance for Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, blog and Flickr.
Information about the Home Office’s social media accounts and how we moderate them.
Guidance and moderation information for the Department for Transport’s social media channels, including X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
The CMA has published 6 key principles for tackling hidden ads on social media for platforms.
MHRA social media community guidelines.
Student Loans Company Social Media Terms of Use
Ofqual’s social media policy explains how we use our channels, interact with followers and manage content.
Ofsted's social media and moderation policy for its channels.
These house rules set out how we interact with users through our social media channels.
How we use social media to communicate with you.
This page details our social media policy.
This report examines how DWP could use social media data for social research purposes.
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