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Dear Susan Sollazzi,

Your Information Request – IR1-4688802128

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From: Susan Sollazzi <[FOI #1208571 email]>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2024 3:44 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Monitoring of social media

Dear General Medical Council, Now that it has been confirmed that the GMC
employs a “social media specialist”, please advise the brief provided to
said specialist in terms of: - whose media is to be monitored - what
subject matter should be

Dear General Medical Council,

Now that it has been confirmed that the GMC employs a “social media specialist”, please advise the brief provided to said specialist in terms of:

-  whose media is to be monitored

- what subject matter should be monitored.

It appears that all the quotes made public are from doctors, ignoring those of, for example, members of the public, of which there are many. Please explain the rationale for this targeting and the purpose of identifying dissident doctors.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Sollazzi

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From: Susan Sollazzi <[3][FOI #1208571 email]>
Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2025 8:27 AM
To: FOI <[4][email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Monitoring of social media

Dear FOI, As usual, GMC has failed in its duty to respond to a request
within the statutory timeframe. A response to my query about your
monitoring of social media should have been received by 1st January.
Please advise the reason for your delay

Dear FOI,

As usual, GMC has failed in its duty to respond to a request within the statutory timeframe. A response to my query about your monitoring of social media should have been received by 1st January.

Please advise the reason for your delay and advise when you might feel able to communicate about your monitoring practices.

Yours sincerely,

Susan Sollazzi

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