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, ...