As employees’ social media posts grab global attention for all the wrong reasons, more employers are auditing workers’ social media profiles to spot any activity that violates company policy.
Last week, after firing 13 police officers and placing 72 others on desk duty over their offensive social media posts, the Philadelphia Police Department announced it will implement a “mechanism” to audit officers’ social media posts. Such social media mining is a proactive approach that more employers are implementing, said Mayer Brown partner Richard Nowak.
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