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  • FOI request (FOI-66890496)

    Social media

    Requested Tue 30 January 2018
    Responded  Mon 05 March 2018

    Questions about Twitter

    • Please can you tell me if your authority has in the past five years paid an individual or organisation to increase its Twitter followers on any of its social media accounts or to get retweets on posts?
    • Please can you give me the details of which organisation was paid and how much for each year?
    • Please can I have a breakdown detailing each payment, the social media account name, and the reasons why this was done - as in to boost followers overall or for a specific campaign.

    Questions about Facebook

    • Please can you tell me if your authority has in the past five years paid an individual or organisation to increase its Facebook followers or friends or to get 'likes' on posts or any other type of online engagement?
    • Please can you give me the details of which organisation was paid and how much for each year?
    • Please can I have a breakdown detailing each payment, the social media account name and the reasons why this was done - as in to boost friends and likes overall or for a specific campaign.

    Response

    Questions about Twitter

    Q1 - No

    Q2 - N/A

    Q3 - N/A

    Questions about Facebook

    Q1 - Yes

    Q2 - Facebook Ads Team - one off advert £41.01 in year 2016

    Q3 - One off payment of £41.01, for https://www.facebook.com/Hastingsboroughcouncil/ reason was apology to local restaurant for wrong food hygiene rating published.

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