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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.
Understand how your legal duties are relevant to your charity’s use of social media.
Information about the Department of Health and Social Care’s social media accounts and how we moderate them.
A government introduction to social media; from aiding research to the ethical considerations of using such platforms.
Disclosure and Barring Service's social media house rules outline how we will engage with customers and the behaviours we expect from users.
The Department for Education’s social media policy and how we interact with our social media followers.
Information about Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) social media channels.
How we use social media to communicate with you.
Guidance and moderation information for the UKTI social media channels, including specific guidance for Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, blog and Flickr.
Guidance and moderation information for the Department for Transport’s social media channels, including X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
The Impact of Social Media on the Administration of Justice: call for evidence
Information about MAIB's social media policy and the channels we use.
Information about the Home Office’s social media accounts and how we moderate them.
This page details our social media policy.
How we use social media and blogs to communicate with you.
MHRA social media community guidelines.
Ofqual’s social media policy explains how we use our channels, interact with followers and manage content.
Student Loans Company Social Media Terms of Use
Information about HM Prison and Probation Service social media accounts and how we use and moderate them.
Guidance for all civil servants on using social media.
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