Explainer: What election candidates can and can't say on social media

By Dr Ritesh Chugh
Updated January 16 2017 - 1:08pm, first published 12:21pm
President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The year Obama came into office, the White House joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, iTunes and MySpace. In 2013, the first lady posted her first photo to Instagram. In 2015, Obama sent his first tweet from @POTUS, an account which now has 11 million followers. This year, the White House posted its first official story on Snapchat. Photo: MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ
President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The year Obama came into office, the White House joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, iTunes and MySpace. In 2013, the first lady posted her first photo to Instagram. In 2015, Obama sent his first tweet from @POTUS, an account which now has 11 million followers. This year, the White House posted its first official story on Snapchat. Photo: MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 10, 2016. Photo: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 10, 2016. Photo: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS

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