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To: Jane Austen
I stay away from Twitter and Facebook. Even a NASCAR driver lost his career because NASCAR objected to his mild comments.

Good for you.

I see all kinds of ways how what people post online can come back to haunt them. I foresee a time, for example, when insurance companies might employ some algorithm to determine if an insurance applicant might be a high risk based on what the applicant has posted online.

Or even based on their shopping habits (charging a six pack once too often and you might be a higher risk for drunk driving).

Likewise, could affect whether an employer might offer you a job or a promotion.

I also wonder if what you post might be twisted and used against you if arrested.

36 posted on 08/25/2014 7:26:50 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: Age of Reason

AS to what you post being twisted and used against you, it has already happened. Principal of Iowa’s Marshalltown High School Aiddy Phomvisay declared that for Spirit Day different grades would wear different colors. For juniors it was white. A star athlete dressed in white and posted it on Facebook. Aiddy suspended him for being a racist. Then he branded the student’s parents as racists for daring to object to the suspension.


64 posted on 08/26/2014 2:18:27 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
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