President Warns Students About Information They Share Online
October 14, 2009During his September 8 school speech, President Obama sternly warned teenagers about what information they post on the internet, specifically on their Facebook pages. He went further to recognize that mistakes are a natural part of the maturation process, but warned that publicizing (via online postings) these lapses in judgment is a permanent decision that is sure to have negative consequences in the future.
These statements coincide with the rising number of employers who examine an applicant’s Facebook page before making a hiring decision. In the future, this number can be guaranteed to exponentially increase and result in lost employment opportunities and terminations as a result of offensive or distasteful content on one’s social networking page.
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