Creating and engaging with social media: Community considerations and Institute policies.
Developed by the Digital Citizenship/ Social Media Informal Working Group 2024 for classrooms and research settings at MIT.
About this Resource
MIT is committed to freedom of expression as central to its mission of advancing knowledge, and to a community culture of civility, mutual respect, and compassion.
This resource reinforces the shared responsibility of every member of the MIT community in promoting digital citizenship, both within the Institute and beyond.
It highlights the “responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world,” and the importance of modeling and practicing safe, legal, and ethical behavior online.
This resource can guide MIT faculty and staff in educational conversations with their students about the norms and expectations of social media engagement.
Published August 2025.