What’s the risk of sharing my story on social media?

What’s the risk of sharing my story on social media?

It is your choice whether you want to share your story on social media.

However, the Disability Royal Commission’s protections don’t apply to a story shared on social media.

When you share your story with the Disability Royal Commission there are protections that apply.

These protections can help keep your story private.

These protections should also stop others from:

  • harming you
  • cancelling your services or
  • disadvantaging you in other ways

because you have shared your story with the Royal Commission. They should also protect you if someone takes you to court for sharing your story with the Royal Commission

If you share your story on social media, the people and organisations you name might see it. They might threaten to take you to court, cancel your services or disadvantage you in other ways. It may be difficult to stop this because the Royal Commission’s protections do not apply to a story shared on social media.

If you share your story on social media, you have less control of your story

If you share your story on social media, other people can share your post and comment on it. People or organisations you name can also use the information against you. Even if you delete your story from social media later, there will be a permanent record of it on the internet.

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