Stone King Partner examines new Charity Commission’s social media guidance

Rosamund McCarthy Etherington’s comprehensive article for Civil Society, entitled 'Charity Commission has addressed many concerns in its social media guidance', looks at the now simplified guidance.

“The Charity Commission is to be congratulated for listening to much of the feedback in its consultation on social media,” says Rosamund in her article.

“In many areas where there were significant concerns, the Commission has simplified or nuanced its position in its final guidance published recently.

“It clarifies that a charity is only required to have a social media policy if it uses social media and there are a number of relevant factors, including the size of the charity and how well it is established.

“The guidance no longer uses subjective terms like “problematic” content and now provides a definition of “harmful” content by reference to the UK Safer Internet Centre, making the standard against which social media posts are judged much clearer.”

The article can be read in full here.