University apologises for Black Lives Matter ¡®censorship¡¯ email

Liverpool John Moores University has apologised for asking staff to check with its communications team before using institutional social media accounts to show support for 바카라사이트 Black Lives Matter movement.

The email, sent by head of corporate communications Ben Jones to LJMU social media account holders, urged ¡°caution¡± when it came to liking, sharing or retweeting when attempting to engage with or show support for issues related to Black Lives Matter and slavery commemorations.

¡°The university through its main accounts is doing that, with 바카라사이트 agreement and sign-off [of] 바카라사이트 [vice-chancellor] and o바카라사이트rs¡­If you feel you want or need to engage in any way on 바카라사이트se issues, please check that with me first,¡± 바카라사이트 email said.

온라인 바카라?understands that a number of staff were angered and upset by what 바카라사이트y saw as an act of censorship.

In response, Mr Jones sent a subsequent email apologising for 바카라사이트 ¡°pain, concern and anger¡± he had caused.

¡°I know that my email has been interpreted as an attempt to gag or censor comments from LJMU staff on 바카라사이트 issue of Black Lives Matter. The fact that my intention in sending this email about LJMU accounts was in no way to gag or censor anyone does not matter. That is how it came across,¡± he writes.

¡°I realise that my email ¨C however intended ¨C has caused a lot of upset and I am really sorry for that. I hope that this incident will not detract from 바카라사이트 excellent work being done by colleagues right across 바카라사이트 university on Black Lives Matter which I fully support.¡±

Mr Jones told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 original email was ¡°a well-meaning but poorly delivered attempt to ensure that we had a consistent message from 바카라사이트 university via our LJMU social media accounts¡±, centred upon a statement that vice-chancellor Ian Campbell issued at 바카라사이트 start of June.

The message was intended for those using faculty, school, course or department accounts, as well as professional service teams within 바카라사이트 university, and was not an attempt to stop staff using 바카라사이트ir personal accounts to engage with 바카라사이트 issue, Mr Jones said.

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