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Srinagar, September 26: The Directorate of Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, Jammu and Kashmir, has issued new social media guidelines for its employees, prohibiting them from criticizing government policies or actions on social media, posting content that is political, anti-secular, or communal in nature.
The copy with CTN said that “No government employee shall, in any radio broadcast or in any document published in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance make any statement of fact or opinion.
Besides that, employees, directly or indirectly, shall not publish, post or release any information on social media that is considered confidential or that is not meant for public dissemination nor shall they pass any official documents or any part thereof to any Government employee or any such person to whom he is not authorized to communicate such document or information.
It further reads that no Government employees shall, through any post, tweet or otherwise discuss or criticize on social media, any policy pursued or action taken by the Government, nor shall he/she, in any manner, participate in any such discussion or criticism on social media pages/communities/micro blogs.
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