Question

Leah is a first-year elementary school teacher at a private religious school. the parents and kids love her, and she gets along with everyone. one month after starting, she is called into the headmaster's office and handed an envelope containing spring-break college photos of her topless, guzzling beer and alcohol, while sitting in various men's laps. the headmaster informs her that she is terminated immediately and that she must clean out her desk and remove all of her personal belongings by the end of the day. she demands to know where the headmaster found these photos, and he tells her that the school monitors social networking sites. these pictures had been posted to a website she no longer uses and had forgotten about. she will be successful if she sues for wrongful termination based on invasion of privacy.

Answer 1

FALSE

There are no restrictions prohibiting employers from monitoring social networking sites open and available for public viewing.

Answer 2

The correct answer is false.

It is false that she will be successful if she sues for wrongful termination based on invasion of privacy.

Leah should have remembered one important thing. Social Media is public. Everything that is posted there is public. So if the school social media monitors found her photos in that old social media site, they are not invading privacy. Those are public sites. So this is a lesson for everybody. Never compromise yourself doing foolish things, and of course, never, ever be in a critic situation like this. Use social media with prudence.