Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: Free speech and protection for public employees online highlight social media issues. Your take?
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat…it never ends, does it?
We have myriad outlets to be able to connect with people from across the globe on topics that we agree or disagree about, to vent when we are upset with service at certain establishments and to let the world know just how we feel about “that.”
If you went through a hiring process in the past five to 10 years, I’d be willing to bet you went through an onboarding process or training that required you to acknowledge that you should be judicious when posting things on web-based platforms.
These trainings caution you that the way you interact with the virtual world does not exempt you from repercussions of the tangible world. The fine print that you agree to when you create accounts on these platforms requires you to acknowledge that you will adhere to the guidelines on what is appropriate and acceptable to post.
So, if you violate those understandings, you open yourself up to the consequences.
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