Interesting13 Jul 2018 14:30
In todays UKOG RNS they outline their "social media policy". RGM were releasing numerous misleading coal tweets last year. On top of that Bell had his garbage armcmb twitter account that now seems to have been deleted. Plus of course some of the larger RGM shareholders try to lure in PIs to invest in RGM with their over the top rampy tweets.
I think most PIs want all official news be it good or bad through official company RNSes. Unfortunately it seems these days companies think it's good enough to give important new company news a quick mention in a sharetalk interview instead of giving that news through an official company RNS.
Here's the UKOG's social media policy that they outline in today's RNS:
" The Company has implemented a Social Media Policy which details the ways in which all employees, officers, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, casual workers and agency workers interact with social media in relation to UKOG. This policy deals with the use of all forms of social media, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Wikipedia, Whisper, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, ADVFN bulletin board, London South East bulletin board, iii bulletin board and all other social networking sites, internet postings, bulletin boards and blogs. It applies to use of social media for business purposes as well as personal use that may affect the business in any way. It is designed to ensure that there is no unauthorised release of potentially price sensitive information regarding the Company so that all such information is released in the first instance through the correct authorised regulatory news services and that no misleading information is contained in unauthorised media channels. The Policy is also designed to mitigate the risk of use of terminology in the media being inconsistent with the Company's authorised regulatory announcements. The Policy has been implemented following events in 2015 when UKOG was forced to provide clarifications on its earlier RNS statements following media reports of the Company's announcements and associated interviews with the Company's management. Risks associated with Social Media details can also be found within Part II of this Document."