Social Media Guidelines

These guidelines must be applied by all employees who use social media in their position at Karolinska Institutet.

  • Diary number: 1-969/2021
  • Dnr preg. version: 1-92/2018
  • Decision date:
  • Validity period: Until further notice
  • Decision: Director of communications and public relations
  • Document type: Guidelines
  • Handled by department/unit: Digitala kommunikationskanaler
  • Preparation with: Legal department
  • Revision with respect to: Updates

Summary of the guidelines

Social media make it possible to reach relevant target groups, promote dialogue, contribute to transparency and monitoring. As a government agency, Karolinska Institutet (KI) has a number of obligations to observe that are based on current legislation. Responsibility as a government agency also applies to communication in social media.

Guidelines in full