Requirement
5.0.8.0. Youth Protection and the Social Media Guidelines apply throughout
Required
In all aspects of technology-based advancement, both adults and youth must adhere to Scouting America Youth Protection policies as well as the Scouting America Social Media Guidelines. Both are published at scouting.org and neither is restated here.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Named and not restated, deliberately. Youth Protection policies, the Guide to Safe Scouting and the Social Media Guidelines are not Guide to Advancement documents and they change on their own schedule. Read them at scouting.org rather than trusting a summary, including this one.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 5.0.8.0 · In all aspects of technology-based advancement, both adults and youth must adhere to Scouting America Youth Protection policies as well as Scouting America Social Media Guidelines.