MSA = Big Brother? Guidelines on social media use....
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Last 'guideline' is a step too far. The rest cover duty of care but that goes beyond and into the murkey world of freedom of expression and speech.
Give that it is a closed shop I would be cautious as to if any sanction imposed on a driver in breach of that provision would stand any external scrutiny.
Give that it is a closed shop I would be cautious as to if any sanction imposed on a driver in breach of that provision would stand any external scrutiny.
Rude-boy said:
Last 'guideline' is a step too far. The rest cover duty of care but that goes beyond and into the murkey world of freedom of expression and speech.
Not really - a licence holder agrees to be bound by the general regulations as a condition of holding that licence. The guideline is, as it says, a reminder of that fact. I'm not going to go through the book trying to find which if any of the GRs would be applicable to anything a licence holder publishes, for the moment I can't think of any. I can think of quite a bit of UK law that can potentially apply to things people publish on the internet or elsewhere though.
There is no right to freedom of speech in the UK unless you are an MP or peer conducting the business of parliament, in which case the Bill of Rights is your friend.
Rude-boy said:
Give that it is a closed shop I would be cautious as to if any sanction imposed on a driver in breach of that provision would stand any external scrutiny.
That document talks about "best practice" and "recommendataions", it doesn't have regulatory force - which as a licence holder you would know, as the procedure by which regulations are adopted is detailed in the blue book, which I am sure you have read. The regulations haven't changed.I have plenty to say about certain aspects of how motorsport is governed and the way regulations and other rules imposed on licence holders are formulated, but have always been careful about how I word it.
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Interesting points, not sure all of them are 100% but not got time to check my facts and revert with too much work to do
Above all though your last bit makes perfect sense, it is just that this latest dictat suggests a whole new can of worms is about to be opened.
We all know how emotional some can get and whilst that letter to Autospite might never get posted that comment on FB, PH, 10/10's etc. is so easy to hit submit to.
I forsee intersting times ahead, especially when, say, a BTCC driver is ignored when passing comment on Live TV yet a StockHatcher is back to arrive and drive karts for the same sort of reaction post race on FB, etc.
Interesting points, not sure all of them are 100% but not got time to check my facts and revert with too much work to do
Above all though your last bit makes perfect sense, it is just that this latest dictat suggests a whole new can of worms is about to be opened.
We all know how emotional some can get and whilst that letter to Autospite might never get posted that comment on FB, PH, 10/10's etc. is so easy to hit submit to.
I forsee intersting times ahead, especially when, say, a BTCC driver is ignored when passing comment on Live TV yet a StockHatcher is back to arrive and drive karts for the same sort of reaction post race on FB, etc.
Rude-boy said:
I forsee intersting times ahead, especially when, say, a BTCC driver is ignored when passing comment on Live TV yet a StockHatcher is back to arrive and drive karts for the same sort of reaction post race on FB, etc.
You took the words right out of my keyboard. Sometimes I wonder if BTCC get a different blue book.Gassing Station | UK Club Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff