Good news for anyone who’s ever been tagged in a Facebook photo doing something less-than work safe: It’s now illegal in California for your boss to demand access to your Facebook page. Gov. Jerry Brown took to Twitter and Facebook, appropriately enough, to announce Tuesday that he had signed two new Internet privacy bills aimed at protecting employees and students from social media snooping by employers and Universities. The first bill, AB 1844, was introduced in the state assembly by San Jose’s Nora Campos, makes it illegal for employers to require job seekers and employees to provide the username and [ Read More ]
by Ani Barsamian, JD Posted In: Legal Malpractice We’ve all heard and seen some crazy and ridiculous stories about people posting inappropriate pictures on Facebook. Many people post their entire life on Facebook, from their wedding day, to their dog, to their breakfast lunch and dinner, to their child’s birth, to their kids first day at school, to pictures of them in their bikinis! Although these pictures are sometimes out of place, I can’t hold it against them. They are allowed to post their own pictures on their own Facebook pages. However, what gets to me the most is when [ Read More ]
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department has, for the first time, laid out rules for using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter during investigations. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly issued a memo that makes it OK for cops to register fake aliases to cruise social media, as long as they keep the department informed. The five page memo says officers involved in probes involving social media may register their aliases with the department and use a department-issued laptop whose Internet-access card can’t be traced back to the NYPD, the New York Daily News reports. Trolling [ Read More ]
Everyone knows that workers who badmouth their bosses on Facebook or otherwise act out via social media can be a headache for human-resources departments. But in a growing number of cases, the actual transgression is not the problem so much as dealing with colleagues anxious to turn the bad actor in. That’s the word from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which in a recent story posted on SHRM Online outlined the problem of “Facebook snitches,” workers who seek out bosses — sometimes armed with printouts — to report instances of co-workers making inappropriate comments about their jobs online. [ Read More ]
Facebook may be trying to reach out to kids under 13, but the social network already has a significant number of senior-citizen members, according to a new report. Forrester’s “Digital Seniors” marketing report reveals that more than 20 million US seniors (people over the age of 65) are online and, among that group, nearly half (49%) are using Facebook, according to CNET. And senior citizens may make up a valuable demographic for Facebook. Seniors have more money to spend than 18-24 year-olds and they’re more loyal to brands than adults are in general, Forrester found. More than 60% of online [ Read More ]
By David Schepp | Aol Jobs. If you’ve ignored career experts’ advice to be careful about what you post on social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn, this new survey may frighten you. In a survey of some 2,300 hiring managers, nearly 40 percent said they screen potential hires using social media, and many say they reject job applicants as a result of what they find, according to a new survey released Wednesday by CareerBuilder. Hiring Now Search All Job Listings New York Jobs Los Angeles Jobs Chicago Jobs Philadelphia Jobs Nearly a third of hiring managers who currently research candidates [ Read More ]
As the popularity of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter continues to grow, so too do employers continue to struggle with addressing social media issues in an effective, yet legal, way. A byproduct of this struggle is a social media report released by the National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel in late January. It provides a summary of all social media cases reviewed by the NLRB within the last year. The NLRB considered fourteen cases in 2011, with those cases involving two primary categories. One category of cases involved whether the written policy of an employer was [ Read More ]
By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech January 30, 2012: 2:03 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A long list of tech IPOs captured attention in 2011, but no company has been drooled over like Facebook. And finally, its debut looks to be imminent. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Facebook may file for an initial public offering as early as this Wednesday. It’s still not certain if Facebook will actually file this week. But that hasn’t stopped people from speculating about how much Facebook might be worth. Some experts have suggested that the social network could be worth anywhere between $75 [ Read More ]
