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Social media
Refers to social media sites, tools and platforms that provide users with infrastructure and resources to connect and communicate with each other and share and exchange content or information.
They include but are not limited to:
o social networking sites - e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Google Plus, Tumblr, LinkedIn
o video and photo sharing websites - e.g. YouTube, Flickr, Instagram
micro-blogging sites - e.g. Twitter
o forums and discussion boards - e.g. Whirlpool, Yahoo! Groups, Google Groups
o blogs, including corporate blogs, personal blogs and blogs hosted by traditional media outlets
o online encyclopaedias – e.g. Wikipedia
o instant messaging software/applications e.g. MSN, WhatsApp, iMessage, QQ, WeChat, Skype
o any other websites that allow individual users or organisations to use simple self publishing tools.
Publish
Includes but is not limited to posting, blogging, tweeting, uploading photographs, commenting, sharing, liking and re-tweeting content on social media.
Staff must not:
use their work email address;
use a Transport agency or NSW Government logo or insignia;
impersonate another staff member;
publish content likely to bring the Transport cluster into disrepute;
make disparaging comments about work colleagues;
post material that is, or might be construed as offensive, obscene, defamatory, hateful, racist, sexist, infringes copyright, constitutes a contempt of court or is otherwise unlawful;
imply that they are authorised to speak as a representative of a Transport agency or the NSW Government, or give the impression that the views they express are those of the Transport cluster or the Government; and / or
post material that is, or might be construed as, threatening, harassing, bullying or discriminatory towards other staff of the Transport Cluster.
Transport recommends that staff do not post any work related phone numbers on social media. Publishing a work phone number (even a ported personal mobile number) may identify the staff member as part of the Transport cluster.
This section also applies to:
social media activities undertaken by staff members anonymously;
staff members who contribute articles to social media as subject matter experts or members of a professional network (e.g. project management or engineering technology) are also subject to the External Papers, Reports and Presentations Process.