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Government notifies guidelines for social media use
Thursday August 23, 2012 08:23:55 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Amid the
misuse of online social networks, the government Thursday
announced it has notified two important frameworks and guidelines
which will enable government agencies to use social media
effectively to ensure widespread citizen engagement in governance.
In a statement, the ministry of communications and information
technology said that its department of electronics and information
technology has approved and notified two important frameworks.
This will ensure effective citizen engagement and communication
with all stakeholders using various offline as well as online
channels, including social media, it said.
The frameworks have been formulated to encourage and enable
government agencies to make use of this dynamic medium of
interaction.
"These guidelines will enable the various agencies to create and
implement their own strategy for the use of social media," it
said.
"The document will help them to make an informed choice about the
objective, platforms, resources, etc. to meet the requirement of
interaction with their varied stakeholders," it said.
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