Point of view: Your right to a life online

Social media is an area where people's professional and personal lives blur. The horror stories are well documented but employers should honestly question the impact of their employees social behaviour rather than invoke a knee-jerk reaction.

Point of view: Your right to a life online

Molly Flatt1000heads

I don't need to tell you the horror stories. The Primark employees ranting about ‘pikey’ punters on Facebook; the Red Cross worker who accidentally shared her boozy evening on the company Twitter stream; the resignation of New York congressman Anthony Weiner over a lewd tweeted photo. The business press will pick up on any tale of professional mess-making on social platforms with predictable glee. ‘The moral of the story, kids, is... people are dumb. People are dangerous. Give your staff a sliver of social rope, and they'll hang...

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