Free speech isn't being suppressed at all. It's just that it's entirely possible that what you say publicly could have repercussions. This is nothing new.

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No matter who was in the WH, my sentiments would be exactly the same. I don't give a rat's ass who is in the driver's seat. I give a huge rat's ass about what is happening in the country when people start feeling like they had better not say what they think because some database company might be watching you, and the government appears to endorse that, and you might be screwed when trying to get a job just because you don't tow the majority line.

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Keep you mouth shut if you know what's good for ya.
the motto of freedom.

Thanks,

and this also gives them another company to use to illegally scrutinize "suspects". What's to stop the any local-state-fed law enforcement or agency from hiring the firm, "just to check" on a "suspicious" citizens.
there's any number of ways spinning legal justification.

just another arm of big brother.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that, like Facebook, there is some federal government connection, funding or otherwise.


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Where's that at? There's nothing whatsoever about this that inhibits freedom of speech. Nothing.


Exactly. It's just a private company selling a service that's completely legal. If the government did NOT allow it, that's when I would take issue. I can't believe that these people are crying about the government actually allowing a private company to engage in completely legal activities and sell their services. Oh the horror of it all.

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The government isn't endorsing anything. They're simply allowing a private company to engage in completely legal activities and sell a legal service.

If people have an issue with other people knowing what they say publicly, then perhaps those people shouldn't say things publicly.

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I think it's a fine line between what's considered private and what is not now that the internet is a constant means of communication. Is it really all that public when the conversation is had between acquaintances from the privacy of one's own living room? Of course the medium is difference, but the intent and audience may be within a closed group. Facebook, for instance, is theoretically a conversation between friends. If the highest security settings are on, then clearly, and conversation there was not meant to be shared.

Public blogs and the like, I can certainly see being no more private than a published editorial in a newspaper. But some social media really isn't for the public at large.

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If the privacy settings are high, then the content isn't searchable. So, the tool they are using wouldn't be able to obtain it.

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Our firm recently dealt with a case of an employer entering fake friend requests to get information on employees that were already working for them. I think shady practices like that should be illegal.

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Why?

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There's this principle in labor law called "clean hands". The employer has an obligation to the employee to keep their dealings upfront. Because there is a monetary transaction going on between the employee and the employer, there are restrictions on fraudulent practices from both sides. The employer cannot represent itself as being something other than what it is and entrap the employee into an unprofessional situation because it is expected that the rules of conduct between the employer and employee are different than those of the private lives of both. Likewise, the employee cannot fraudulently present himself as having qualifications or experience that he does not have. The employer pretending to be unaffiliated with the "organization" for the purposes of gathering private information on the employee outside the professional setting is a fraudulent practice. It's why you sign consent forms for background checks, etc, and those forms state explicitly what information is going to be gathered and what its intended use is.

The employee/employer relationship is not an automatic dismissal of the employee's right to privacy.

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