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. . . except in Kent County, Delaware:
New provisions would bar workers from posting materials on or off the job that disparage co-workers, disclose confidential information or “reflect unfavorably” on county government, unless rated as a “legitimate matter of public concern.” The same proposals also would create a “duty to report inappropriate use of social media by co-workers or supervisors.”
Delaware’s other county and state governments already aggressively use social media as communications tools and tolerate limited worker use of public systems for private postings. From the moment he took office, Gov. Jack Markell has made heavy use of everything from blogging, to flickr, to YouTube.
Two thoughts:
- This sounds like overreach as regards personal behavior at home.
- What are the county fathers and mothers afraid of?
