FOI Release: Maintaining organisation Twitter/X account
Published: 27 February 2025Freedom of information class: How we manage our resources
Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
Documents
CW-2025-047 Information Combined_Redacted - (136.3 KB)Information request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
FOI reference: CW-2025-047
Date received: 25 January 2025
Date responded: 20 February 2025
Information requested:
Copies of all internal correspondence (within the timeframe 01/01/2022 up to the day of this request) which includes any discussion about whether or not your organisation should maintain its account on the social media platform Twitter (latterly known as X).
Response:
Enclosed is a copy of the information you requested. ‘CW-2025-047 Information Combined_Redacted’ contains internal correspondence and associated attachments discussing whether RoS should maintain its X/Twitter account.
RoS is currently reviewing its social media presence, including X/Twitter. As part of that review any decision on a specific platform would be considered at an appropriate level.
Third party personal data has been appropriately redacted under exemption 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA, as disclosing this would breach the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle under data protection laws.
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