Lord Richard Allan, Facebook Director of Policy EMEA presenting at The National Archives Government Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) Briefing on 17 May 2012. Facebook alone has more than 800 million users, Twitter 300 million and LinkedIn 116 million and the popularity and reach of these tools is continuing to grow exponentially.
This briefing was held to discuss how social media has transformed the landscape in which government communicates and the impact this has on the role of the SIRO. Richard Allan provides his view on some of the changes, opportunities and fundamental challenges social media has brought with it.