Curated list of public-facing social media policies available in Australia; Britain; Canada; Ireland, Italy, Spain and the U.S
*The guidelines must be publicly available online to be included*
1. ABC Australia 2025
2. Agence France Presse This is the updated version
>>>> Older version
>>>AP revised Guidelines (2022) Update May 2022 >>>
AP original Guidelines (2013) Detailed advice on retweets
4. BBC 2020 guidance / Virtue signalling
>>> BBC 2019 guidance / Be aware of risks
>>>BBC 2015 guidance / Don’t do anything stupid
5. BuzzFeed
6. CBC Canada Updated 2017 – new link added 2019
7. CAJ Canada Last updated 2011
9. CNN – 2020 pdf download
9. ESPN Must for aspiring sports journos Updated 2017
10. Globe and Mail Updated 2017
11. Guardian (UK) 2022
12. IPSO UK Independent Press Standards Organization Updated 2016
13. LA Times No public update since 2009
14. La Stampa, Italy English translation (c/o Alessandro Cappai) Updated 2016
15. New York Times Updated 2017
16. NPR Updated 2021
17. Reuters
18. RTÉ 2022
>>>RTÉ 2013 – very general guidance
20. SKY News 2024
21. Washington Post Last updated 2024
>>> Article about proposed (and contested) changes 2017
22. Wall Street Journal 2009 Memo to WSJ Staff 2017
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