2012 Olympic Organizers Limit Facebook Use

The organizing committee for the 2012 Olympic Games in London has released its social media policy for the event's 70,000-plus volunteers that aims to restrict their social media activity during the summer competition.

The organizing committee for the 2012 Olympic Games in London has released its social media policy for the event’s 70,000-plus volunteers that aims to restrict their social media activity during the summer competition.

Based on the responses to the policy on the Game Makers Facebook page — that’s the official page for the games’ volunteers — the policy has many asking what exactly they’ve signed up for?

Some of the more surprising rules: No Facebook posts about VIPs backstage, nor any photos of them.

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