The official online channels of Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are available across social media platforms including the official page at https://www.facebook.com/rio2016/; main website is https://ingressos.rio2016.com/; Twitter is http://twitter.com/rio2016 / and http://twitter.com/rio2016_en;

Instagram at http://instagram.com/rio2016 and Youtube is http://youtube.com/rio2016

People can also get information about the games throughout the two weeks on the official Rio 2016 app in their hands, which they can download from https://www.rio2016.com/app.

The new version of the Rio 2016 app has the most up-to-date information on the Olympic schedule and results, medals, sports, athletes and teams, venues, maps and spectator guides.

Social media platforms launched their service to facilitate people to get in touch with the game. For example, Twitter facilities enable people to enjoy the Rio 2016 Olympics on Twitter, Vine, and Periscope. Twitter users can follow the games with Olympic emoji hashtags, the official hashtag, #Rio2016, as well as the official accounts including @Olympics, @OlympicFlame, @Rio2016, and @Rio2016_en.

Fans across the globe can share their passion for their favourite teams on Twitter with 207 team emojis. Tweeting with the three-letter country code hashtag will trigger flag emojis for every team, such as the Refugee Olympic Team (#ROT).

Fans can also trigger over 50 Olympics and sports emojis on Twitter. The hashtags that trigger the emojis will be available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The hashtags that trigger sports emojis, as well as #Rio2016 and #Olympics, are also available in Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.

Meanwhile, Periscope will have a featured channel with Olympics-related content. Vine will also feature Olympics-related content in the Explore section on Vine’s mobile apps, and when people double-tap a Vine from @Olympics and various team accounts, they’ll find an Olympic Flame instead of a heart.

Moreover, there is a new Rio 2016 section in Moments and it is easily way to get people to follow everything related to the teams.

The Christ the Redeemer landmark was illuminated on July 28 with projected photos from the City of Rio’s Instagram account, to celebrate the Opening Ceremony on August 5.

Facebook videos

Facebook also allows users to have 7-second, looping videos, instead of static images as well as new, temporary profile pics, to show support for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

However, not all can post on social media about #Rio2016, especially if you are brands, companies, and business who are not sponsors.

According to Rule 40 of the Olympic Charter which states that “Except as permitted by the IOC Executive Board, no competitor, team official or other team personnel who participates in the Olympic Games may allow his person, name, picture or sports performances to be used for advertising purposes during the Olympic Games.”

Rule 40 limits athletes participating in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (“Rio 2016”) from appearing in any advertising between July 27 and August 24, the games period. Rule 40 applies to all uses of an athlete’s image, name or performance in any type of advertising including print, online and digital including social media and in mobile apps, broadcast, outdoor, as well as any personal appearances.

Let’s enjoy the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on any social media that you favour.