Gender activism, trolls and being fired for tweeting

One of the big stories online this last week involves objectionable jokes, a tweet, a blog post, a lot of trolls and a couple people being fired in the aftermath of it all. This is a cautionary story for a number of reasons. It has implications for gender activism, free expression and employment-related concerns we have been seeing percolating in various judicial and administrative fora for a couple years.

How tweeting can get you fired

Mail & Guardian had a story a week or so ago about rugby commentator Andrew Lanning's dismissal by SuperSport after he tweeted information about SuperSport and its parent company, Multichoice. The article's title, "Fired for tweeting", was a little misleading (the article clarified the issue, though) and that idea of being fired for using Twitter... Continue Reading →

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