There’s No Such Thing as Impartiality
15 August 2021 · News
Comment from Jen Seyderhelm
I changed my profile on social media from being a caffeine enthusiast (I’m a breakfast radio announcer so – duh) to a statement around loving people, dogs and (some) ca...
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Tags: ABC | David Anderson
Jen, you seem more concerned about the external reporting of the memo, which refers to journo's you mentioned. It's important, for clarity, that the updated social media policy issued by the ABC seems to me, and I'm not an employee nor a defamation law expert, to be common sense guidelines.
Have you read the policy (link below)?
Everything we publish/broadcast in the public domain, probably should follow a similar approach. Defamation law is a grey area. Everyone should be aware.
https://about.abc.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Personal-Use-of-Social-Media-Guidelines-August-2021-Website.pdf