Scourge to politicians everywhere, the Daily Telegraph, picked up a story that the People’s Republic of South Devon broke on Monday evening – Plymouth City Council’s Twitter ban.
The Twitter-gate tale made it into the science and technology section of their website (and we don’t get mentioned in the story, but neither did we when thisisplymouth ran it the day after we broke it *sigh*).
Labour councillor Bill Stevens is quoted in the Telegraph: “We are always told we should keep in touch with our constituents. All good practice from councils upcountry is that use of social networking is encouraged.”
And abiralls on the PRSD comments: “I’m up for anything that gives us more info about the people we elect and if they accidentally say too much and reveal themselves as idiots, surely that is a good thing that can only help us choose better the next time.”
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See how the story developed:
• Tweeted news of Plymouth City Council’s ban on Twitter
• Revealed: the email that banned Plymouth councillors from Twitter
• Why have Plymouth councillors been banned from Twitter? PRSD looks at the evidence
• Nicky Wildy vows to ignore Plymouth City Council Twitter ban
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