Message boards
At the time of a General Election, Guidelines are complemented by additional rules for message boards during the Campaign.
These rules include:
- offering selected message boards specifically for debate about the election, accompanied by postmoderation
- active hosting to stimulate a balanced debate about the issues
- asking candidates who post to declare themselves
- avoiding debate about the election while the polls are open
- taking care to ensure that message boards are vehicles for lively debate and not hi-jacked by organised campaigns of one particular group or party
- being ready to escalate at short notice.