When It Comes to Employment and Social Media

question 6

Multiple Choice

When it comes to employment and social media:
I. Every U.S. law dealing with employee privacy grants significant deference to an employer's legitimate business interest.
II. U.S employers may legally canvass social media sites for information on employees and potential employees and act upon the information found.
III. When an employer finds and uses social media information to reprimand or fire an employee, the employer is obligated to disclose the method of gaining that information to the employee.
IV. Statutes that specially govern the intersection of social media and workplace privacy were enacted in 2013.

• A) I and II only
• B) I, II and III only.
• C) I, II and IV only
• D) I, II, III and IV

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