Referendum memo sent to all RTE staff

Last week, David McKenna, the head of broadcast compliance at RTE sent a memo to

staff, freelancers, contract employees, and those working for independent production

companies in conjunction with RTE on personal social media use.

The memo advised them not to state on social media their views on either of the two

upcoming referendums, including banners, retweets, Twitter avatars, watermarks and so

on.

The memo said: “When you walk into the polling station, ...