FINRA and the Existing Social Media Guidelines, 10-06
In January of 2010, the Financial Services National Regulatory Authority (FINRA), "the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States," issued Regulatory Notice 10-06, a set of ten social media guidelines for financial firms and their registered representatives, in Question and Answer form, recognizing that "Americans are increasingly using social media."
New Social Media Guidelines Coming,
But 10-06 to Remain Unchanged
But 10-06 to Remain Unchanged
More recently, on June 28, 2011, at the IRI Government, Legal and Regulatory Conference, in Washington, D.C., Richard G. Ketchum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FINRA, issued a statement that FINRA's "goal is to provide further guidance on these issues in a Notice to be published later this year."

The 10 Commandments of Social Media
for Financial Services Slideshare
To help financial services firms, broker-dealers and their registered representatives better understand the opportunities and obligations of Regulatory Notice 10-06, the 10 Commandments of Social Media for Financial Services Slideshare has been prepared to review the guidelines that are expressly to remain core principles for social media engagement by the financial services.
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How have the existing Rules worked and what new guidelines are needed to give the Financial Services the latitude it needs to engage in new media? Please share your comments.
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