Pull the old “For Your Protection” routine and use either your cellphone in video mode or a camera to record the “interview”. Half the time, when these worthies see there will be a record made of their “visit”, they fold like a card table.
You are incorrect.
This is not a "free speech" issue as regards your free speech rights protected by the first amendment.
bkmk
I’m no lawyer but, I say tape the conversation.
Don’t tell them, It may come in handy some day.
Based on what I Post on Fakebook, I will never be offered a position at a University, even as a Janitor.
Call a Lawyer. Heck, contact the ACLU and get one of their Lawyers. They are big on Free Speech, or so we are told.
I’d say as long as you aren’t using your actual work time to post on these sites, and do it at home, on your own personal computer, I don’t see how they have any say in what you do on your own time. I personally don’t belong to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever other social media sites are out there. Your bosses will try to intimidate you, and can try to make life miserable for you, and that’s something you’ll have to deal with when and if it happens. As long as you’re not engaging in any type of illegal activity that could shed negatively on the school, IMHO they have no legal right to dog you. Good luck. It’s not easy having to deal with threats and intimidation. I had my own bullies to deal with during my career, but at least I can say I survived them all, and am a better person for it.
This is exactly why I only lurked on the FB page when the site was down. Someone, somewhere was obviously taking notes and doing research.
Turn the tables on them by demanding under what authority are they abridging your First Amendment Rights? Insist that you be allowed to record your conversation and that they give you written authority from the University and what policy(s) you are being accused of violating. Do not allow them to do a “fishing” expedition. Make them confine their questions to specific alleged violations of policy.