A COUNCIL media chief at the centre of a row over using "spy accounts" on social media websites to monitor critics of the local authority has been suspended and an investigation launched into her activities.
A COUNCIL media chief at the centre of a row over using \"spy accounts\" on social media websites to monitor critics of the local authority has been suspended and an investigation launched into her activities.
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Stephen Naysmith
Yesterday local MSP Michael Russell, who is also the Education Secretary, reacted furiously to news of the covert operations and demanded a full independent inquiry.
Jo Smith, the communications manager with Argyll and Bute Council, revealed the tactic at a conference on how the public sector could make more use of sites such as Facebook.
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