Workers Fired Over Private MySpace Accounts

Dinger

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Mon May-04-09 11:02 PM
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Workers Fired Over Private MySpace Accounts

What do you think? I hope they (employees) kick ass in court.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/05/04/am.cho.myspace.cnn

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xchrom

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Mon May-04-09 11:05 PM
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1. i always thought 'private' meant that.

but times seem to have changed -- and i'm not sure 'private' isn't extinct.

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Dinger

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Mon May-04-09 11:07 PM
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2. So Did I (nt)

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Mon May-04-09 11:22 PM
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3. Actually its fair game if you dont have union protections

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depakid

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Mon May-04-09 11:25 PM
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4. Go yapping on MySpace or Facebook, etc. and that's what you're going to get

Edited on Mon May-04-09 11:27 PM by depakid

There are actually companies out there that specialize in snooping around and finding info on employees and prospective employees.

Not a bright idea.

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Dinger

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Mon May-04-09 11:28 PM
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5. Well, If Private Isn't Private Any More, Something's Wrong IMO (nt)

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depakid

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Mon May-04-09 11:31 PM
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6. There's no reasonable expectation of privacy on those sites.

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Dinger

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Mon May-04-09 11:33 PM
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7. Then They're Not Private

I don't have a MySpace or Facebook account, and I never will.

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depakid

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Mon May-04-09 11:52 PM
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8. Nope- when you advertise yourself of the web- that's pretty much fair game

and like you, I have no intention of getting a MySpace or Facebook account.

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MADem

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Tue May-05-09 12:56 AM
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9. They were badmouthing their employer on the internet.

Someone in the "private" chat room ratted them out to management. Management didn't steal the password, some fink gave it to them, or provided printouts of the conversations that demonstrated employee misconduct.

I don't think they've got a case. It's no different than a couple of employees having a gossip in the break room, or even offsite, and another employee hearing the conversation and running to the boss to report what they said.

I couldn't get that link to load, but I found the story here: http://news.aol.com/article/fired-over-myspace-postings/462262

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