Social Media Is Wrong

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Is It Wrong? “It’s not you, it’s your social media” (Unknown). Employers all over the world use social media to find out more about the people they are employing. It may be discrimination but employers do not need social media to discriminate if they truly feel like it. The monitoring these employers and administrators do is always for the betterment of their college or business. Social media monitoring by administrators or employers should be acceptable because that information is public, you represent them, and certain subject matter can be detrimental to the company or school. The first reason why social media monitoring is acceptable is that the information you post is completely public. Some people would argue that their personal life …show more content…

Others who would not agree with the position would say who truly cares about what I post, the companies do. If you post you taking illegal substances or bad talking a co-worker, that is then how people are seeing the company. The world is all about images nowadays. If people wanted to keep things private back in the days, they just did not talk about it (Scherer). If you want something kept private do not talk about it. If you want a few people to know, personally tell them. “Since social media became popular, folks have continuously talked about how we need to teach people to not share what might cause them professional consternation” (Boyd). The things you post can sometimes be detrimental to you and the company you work for or school you attend. It does not matter if you do everything in your power to keep something private, anyone can screenshot or screen record that information and share it with someone else or somewhere else (Scherer). Privacy doesn’t exist on social media, your friends can post anything you post, making it open to even more people. Always be extra cautious about what you post, and always think, if you post it are you okay with it being on a billboard with your

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