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Publication - FOI/EIR release

Scottish Government Facebook page: FOI release

Published
25 October 2017
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

FOI reference: FOI/17/02423
Date received: 18 October 2017
Date responded: 24 October 2017

Information requested

  1. Details of any Scottish Government ministers who have 'admin' access to the Scottish Government Facebook page here:https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishGovernment/.

  2. How many people the Scottish Government has blocked on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishGovernment/ as of the date and time this FOI is received.

Response

  1. No Scottish Government Ministers have admin access to https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishGovernment/.

  2. Three users have been blocked from the Scottish Government Facebook page.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference

Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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