Some pages on the BBC have a button that lets you “Share” a link to that page. It’s a great way of telling your friends about something interesting. Click the Share button and you’ll see a list of services such as Facebook, Google+ or Twitter.
We’ve chosen the ones that are most popular with people who use the BBC. On some BBC pages, Facebook and Twitter are more prominent as they’re the most popular. All the sharing services we link to can be used for free.
When you share to a social media platform their terms will apply. Do read their terms (which you can search for online).
Embed our player on your website or social media
Just don’t:
Change how the player works
Take content out of it
Embed any content that doesn’t have an embed button.
Add the BBC News feed to your website or social media
Provided you:
Don’t change the feed or remove any of our branding or logos
Credit us by saying it’s from BBC News, bbc.co.uk/news or bbc.com/news
Don’t add our branding, except for any that’s already embedded in the feed.
Don’t use shareables for harmful or offensive purposes
Here are some things that may harm or offend:
Insulting, misleading, discriminating or defaming people
Promoting pornography, tobacco or weapons
Putting children at risk
Anything illegal. Like using hate speech, inciting terrorism or breaking privacy law
Anything that would harm the BBC’s reputation.
Don’t make shareables look like they cost money
You can't charge others for using our shareables. If you put them on a site that charges, say they’re free-to-view.
Don’t make them more prominent than non-BBC content
Otherwise it might look like we’re endorsing you. And don’t make a service of your own that contains only our shareables.
Don’t exaggerate your relationship with the BBC
Don’t say we endorse, promote, supply or approve of you. Don’t use shareables for political purposes. And don’t say you have exclusive access to our content.
Don’t associate BBC content with advertising or sponsorship
That means you can’t:
Put any other content between the link to the shareable and the shareable itself. So no ads or short videos people have to sit through
Put ads next to or over them
Put any ads in a web page or app that contain mostly shareables
Put ads related to their subject alongside shareables. So no trainer ads with a shareable about shoes
Add extra content that means you’d earn money from them.
Don’t be misleading about where they came from
Don’t remove or alter the copyright notice, or imply that someone else made them.
