The Council’s Social Media Policy was reviewed in 2024 as it was due one under a three year period.
The review identified several areas for minor updates and improvements. These changes are intended to reflect the evolving social media landscape and to enhance the policy’s effectiveness in guiding the council’s social media activities.

To adopt a revised version of the Council’s Social Media Policy.

Option 1 - Adopting the revised version of the policy
Option 2 - Not adopting a revision (keeping the existing policy) – this was considered, but rejected as the policy needed updating in line with industry best practice and to encapsulate changing trends on social media.
Option 3 - Different revisions – this version was drawn up with consultation with relevant stakeholders to ensure it is the best possible.
Option 4 - Scrapping the policy (and having none) – rejected as this could leave both the authority at risk of poor or malicious use of social media; and staff at risk of not having a clear policy to follow with regard to their own use.