… that’s the message LOCOG, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games are telling the 75,000 Olympic Volunteers, and hundreds of thousands of other hopefuls, in the lead up the the biggest sporting event in the world.
As someone who uses social media daily, in both personal and professional capacities, I can understand the need to produce guidelines on what can and can’t be done, but 75,000 volunteers are finding themselves unable to tell people they’ve been selected for a role, what they are doing and where they are. They’re also forbidden from publishing photos and videos.
Security is a huge consideration in this year’s games – so publishing your location, or taking photos of something potentially sensitive are guidelines I can completely understand and support.
I can tell you I’m one of the 300,000 who applied to be an Olympic volunteer – or GamesMaker as they’re being called. To be a part of London 2012 is something I would be incredibly proud of, and would want to tell my family, friends and other contacts about. Especially as I will be giving up two weeks of annual leave from my full-time job, to give up my time for free to be a part of the Games. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you any more than this for fear of breaching these stringent policies.
Do you think this is taking things too far, is censoring the 75,000 biggest fans (they must be, to be willing to give up their time, travel across the country and all this without being paid) of the Olympics a wise move?
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