ABC implements strict social media rules for staff

The ABC has issued strict new social media rules for its employees and contractors, following its high-profile legal battle with casual on-air presenter Antoinette Lattouf over a Twitter post.

The new ‘public comment guidelines’ were issued on Wednesday afternoon, and replace the broadcaster’s ‘personal use of social media guidelines’. They apply to all ABC workers, covering both salaried employees and contracted workers.

Excerpts from the guidelines show that ABC workers are banned from making public comment that: