[Livia]

Originally Posted by Jack_

It can also be very damaging. Let's sack someone because they've posted a picture of their night out at the weekend on their own Facebook page! Let's sack them because they've told a joke I don't find funny on their own Twitter account! Yay for unfair dismissal! Yay for increases in unemployment! Yay for a curb of civil liberties! Yay!

If you've got ten applicants for one job, you're going to make sure you're going to choose the one who's not paralytic every weekend, who doesn't badmouth colleagues and throw sickies and then write about it on their Facebook page, which is in the public domain so is not, therefore, private. If someone's not bright enough to know that, I wouldn't want them working for me. If you're doing to demand free speech, you can't expect it to be considered private if it is in a public place. If you don't want people to read what you're saying, or look at your dodgy photos, sort out your privacy settings. It's that simple.

Yay for the most reliable and intelligent person for the job actually getting the job.