FDA Social Media Policy

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The FDA encourages the use of social media technologies to enhance communication, collaboration, and information exchange in support of FDA鈥檚 mission to protect and promote public health. The FDA encourages employees to use social media to share information that may benefit the public health.</p> <p>This policy highlights:</p> <ul> <li>Roles and responsibilities (i.e., details for process);</li> <li>Requirements (i.e., creation of strategy and plan for existing channels; creation of business plan for new channels)</li> <li>Policies and considerations (e.g., 508 compliancy, privacy, shortened links, ethics, copyright, records management, correction of errors, Terms of Service, Links to the social media Guidance for Industry).</li> </ul> <p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/media/94313/download" target>FDA Social Media Policy (PDF - 263KB)</a></p>   </div> <aside class="col-md-2 col-md-push-2" role="complementary"> <section id="block-entityviewcontent-4" data-block-plugin-id="entity_view:node" class="block block-ctools block-entity-viewnode clearfix"> <div class="region region-"> <aside class="lcds-card lcds-card--border-top"> <ul role="menu" 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