Beware What You Blog
It never fails. Anytime I’m in class, Facebook is always brought up. And inevitably, a teacher will advise us to watch what we post online.
This should be old news. There are countless stories of employees getting the ax for posting inappropriate work-related material on the Web.
Last week, the Economist wrote an article “Losing face: a tail of two airlines and their Facebook fiascos.” Seems the cabin crew at Virgin Airlines and British Airways didn’t get the memo. Both companies fired crewmembers for negative comments made on Facebook. The workers complained of cockroaches on planes and smelly passengers.
It’s a simple piece of advice: watch what you post online. Nothing is private anymore. After 9-11, the government made it their right to …
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