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Apr14
Getting Fired for Blogging
There was much controversy when Friendster, Inc., a social networking business to stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things, terminated Joyce Park, a web developer living in Sunnyvale, CA, in 2004 for blogging on her site Troutgirl about her employer, though the information posted was claimed to be publicly available.

Few employers appear to have policies on blogging, though blogging has become a popular new form of communication. An article by the Northwestern University School of Journalism studies employer reactions to blogging in and on the workplace.
It appears that when comments are in public forums they might give reason for termination when they come to the attention of the employer, even if the same comments when made in other more private forums might be acceptable.

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