CSA highlights need for improved social media disclosure practices

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Mar 09, 2017

On March 9, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released CSA Staff Notice 51-348, Staff’s Review of Social Media Used by Reporting Issuers, which summarizes staff’s findings and disclosure expectations for reporting issuers that use social media.

Staff reviewed the social media disclosure of 111 reporting issuers to determine if they were consistent with the principles of National Policy 51-201 Disclosure Standards and the requirements of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations by providing balanced disclosure and ensuring that information is not selectively disclosed or misleading.

The review found that a significant number of issuers, or 77 per cent, had not developed a specific governance policy to direct their disclosure practices on social media websites.

Review the press release and Notice on the CSA's website.

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