Should Employers Have The Right To Discriminate Against People's Social Media Footprint?

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The Internet has made it possible for everyone to create digital bodies that reflect a whole lot more than their thoughts , they create what they want to be. ( Boyd ) Everyones online profiles convey a lot about them, but that content is produced in a context. And, more often than not, that context has nothing to do with employment. People would think right? This creates an interesting question. Should employers have the right to discriminate against people because or by of peoples social media footprint? One might argue that they should because such a profile reflects your “character” or there priorities or there public presence. People think that’s just code for discriminating against them because there not like ¨them¨, the theoretical …show more content…

How is that fair? Its not. Over half of the applicants found on search engines and nearly two-thirds of the applicants found on social networking sites were not hired as a result of the information found on sites, such as Facebook.com, MySpace.com, and Google.com. Among other concerns, these sites are not necessarily valid nor is there any way to ascertain the true identity of the person responsible for the information found. Unlike the interview process, there is no personal connection when sifting through information found on the internet and therefore there is a greater likelihood for the information to be taken out of context or misused. applicants have a unfair time when people or companies or colleges do this, non or the sites are even valid.( Cartwright,Jeffrey.) Why would they do this?In many cases, the information used to determine the suitability of a prospective employee had little or no bearing on their ability to adequately complete the work. In fact, 8% of the potential employees that were rejected as a result of information found on search engines and networking sites were rejected because their screen name was unprofessional. (Cartwright, Jeffrey.)unprofessional, the definition of …show more content…

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