Staff working for the Welsh Government have been warned over their use of social media at work a Freedom of Information request has discovered. 

The BBC report: 

Three Welsh government civil servants were given warnings in 2012 for misuse of social media, the BBC has learned.

One posted political comments on Facebook, another commented on government policy on Twitter, while a third commented on a consultation on a government Bill on Twitter.

The information was obtained in a Freedom of Information request.

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