Social media

We use social media to connect with our audience as we share our journey of #FindingBetterWays to provide the materials the world needs to grow and decarbonise.

Our official accounts across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube are monitored by our social media team. By joining, using, or participating in any of our channels on these platforms you have agreed to adhere to the following community house rules:

• We expect everyone can safely visit our channels. Therefore we do not accept any posts or comments that racially or religiously vilify others; incite, induce or aid violence, discrimination, harassment, victimisation or hatred towards others; are likely to offend, insult or humiliate others, particularly on the basis of their race, colour, descent, national origin, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation or any disability; or that infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others.

• no insulting, provocative, hateful, obscene or offensive language is allowed
• no nudity or offensive imagery (including, but not limited to, in profile pictures)
• no defamatory or libellous comments. Represent your own views and do not impersonate or falsely represent any other person

• We expect that users protect their personal privacy and that of others by not including personal information about yourself or others in your comments (such as email addresses, home addresses or phone numbers).
• Represent your own views and do not impersonate or falsely represent any other person.
• Spam comments, or commercial advertising material, is not allowed.
• No statements that may interfere with or prejudice the course of civil or criminal proceedings that are presently before any court, tribunal, commission or similar body or any investigation by the police, Crime and Misconduct Commission or other agency.

We retain the right to remove any content that does not comply with these guidelines or we deem inappropriate.

If you see something offensive, please:

• report it on the platform you see it
• know that you can confidentially report employee behaviour by using the MyVoice platform

Participants on our social media channels are expected to treat each other, and us, with respect. We reserve the right to:

• remove content that breaches any of the House Rules outlined above
• remove content that promotes services or products
• close comments on a topic if the discussion is deemed to have become irrelevant or out-of-date by the page administrators
• remove content that is spam or unsolicited bulk messaging
• block a user after repeated breaches

Copyright of material that we post on this page is owned by Rio Tinto. 

The views expressed and published on Rio Tinto’s social media channels by a participant, invitee, expert, guest or other person are not necessarily the views of Rio Tinto. We do not endorse any opinions expressed by users, nor accept responsibility or liability for the comments, statements or claims of users on our accounts.

Whilst we make reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content posted on its social media platforms, we do not moderate all comments and cannot always respond in a timely manner to the content of all comments and/or online requests for information.

We expressly disclaim liability for any viruses or other contamination of your computer systems or other devices used to access its social media platforms, and expressly disclaims liability for actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of its social media sites.

The social media platforms utilised by Rio Tinto are not Rio Tinto websites or applications. We do not own, operate or control these platforms. If you choose to provide information to these platforms through registration or other interaction, such actions are between yourself and the relevant platform and you remain subject to any applicable terms of use of the platform. 

For enquiries or further information about Rio Tinto’s social media channels please email social@riotinto.com.