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  • Federal Judge Says Required Social Media Disclaimers are Unlawful

    Time to update your social media policy again. Requiring your employees to include a disclaimer in their social media posts that their opinions are their own is “unreasonably burdensome” and unlawful, according to a federal judge. The development is just the latest in a series of decisions by the National Labor Relations Board, which has…

  • HOW TO: Document Social Media Policy Violations [PODCAST]

    [audio:http://ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/electronic/How_To_Document_Social_Media_Policy_Violations.mp3] The number of social media policy violations by employees has doubled over the last 16 months, according to the 2014 Social Media in the Workplace Survey. Ann Handley didn’t violate anyone’s social media policy, and those aren’t schadenfreude likes from Beth, Shel and Richard. They’re only there to demonstrate what kind of screen capture…

  • Social Media Risks Curtail Digital Marketing Budgets

    Social media usage at work has become mainstream. Most employees use social media at work everyday.  Not just PR and marketing staff, but everyone. Most employees use social media several times over the course of their work day. If they say or share something they shouldn’t — and it’s only a matter of time until…

  • FDA Social Media Guidance & Mobile Medical Apps [PODCAST]

    What steps has the FDA taken to provide the pharma industry with guidance and regulations around how drug companies can effectively and responsibly use social media for marketing, customer engagement and scientific research? [audio: http://ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/electronic/FDA_Social_Media_Guidance.mp3] We talk to John Mack (@pharmaguy), Editor & Publisher of the Pharma Marketing Network about the issues and challenges of…

  • HOW TO: Access Comply Socially Courses

    You or your employer has purchased social media training from Comply Socially. You’ve received a link to access your training and you’re ready to start learning. Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting started: 1. Update your Browser – If you’re not running the latest version of whatever web browser app you use, now would be…

  • Angry Tweet Infuriates Kansas Board of Regents

    When state legislators threatened to cut funding to the University of Kansas because a journalism professor sent out an angry tweet blaming the NRA for the Washington Navy Yard Shooting, the Kansas Board of Regents issued a Draconian social media policy to try and deter faculty and staff from saying anything that could encite scrutiny…

  • Social Media Policies Don’t Prevent Employee Misuse, Study Shows

    Over the last 17 months, the number of businesses that reported taking disciplinary action against employees for social media misuse doubled from 35% in Nov. 2011 to 70% by April 2014, according to new study by a prominent, global labor and employment law firm. During the same period, the number of businesses with official social…

  • Social Media Meltdown of the Week

    THIS WEEK’s PERP: Paula Deen, Restaurant Entrepreneur

  • Social Media Policies Shouldn’t Rely on “Common Sense”

    Social media policies that ask employees to “use common sense” when posting on social networks are inadequate. As someone who’s written dozens of social media policies for all types of organizations, I think policies that use language like “don’t be an idiot” or “use good judgment” are obnoxious, because they assume everyone perceives publicly archived…