US workers may have to change social media use as firms adapt to China's rules

Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by hprotagonist on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:23PM (#21196094)

I'm pretty sure that this is going to get you sued into oblivion:

1. I work for private company X.

2. X tells me to vote for Y, says that Y is awesome, supports Y, donates to Y. (pick any of these)

3. I campaign for and vote for Z.

4. I am fired because i voted for Z.

Any outcome in which X is not crushed into little pieces is so incredibly far off the deep end from what the values of who we are as a country are that it's frankly inconceivable to me. If the free expression of political speech is so crabbed and constrained that the above is ok, or legal, or both, then we're fucked.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by thereare5lights on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:02PM (#21198605)

My point is that I am not aware of any legislation (at least on the federal level) that is widely accepted to protect political speech even in the example you bring up.

Many people assume that gay and transgendered people are protected from employer discrimination but that is also currently being adjudicated.

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Re:US workers may have to change social media use as firms a... by ImprovedSilence on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @09:23PM (#21210019)

I want to agree with you here, but I fear that this reality is closer than we expect, perhaps less than a generation away.... it starts with citizens untied, and it means we’re already fucked, just not completely, not yet.

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