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It's called libel. Look it up. Let's say I went around telling everyone, "Wow, vinhboy just fucked my kid!". Anyone who Googles your name can see it. Your are u

It's called libel. Look it up. Let's say I went around telling everyone, "Wow, vinhboy just fucked my kid!". Anyone who Googles your name can see it. Your are up for a job with a $132,000 salary, but they don't hire you because they go "aren't you that guy that fucked someones kid?" or they just deny you the job silently. You can sue me and if the judge finds that there is no evidence that you actually fucked my kid, I could be sued for libel and potentially liable for the money you lost due to my actions. This is a pretty old thing, but in the internet age publishing has just been made a lot easier by many more people. The law should probably be adjusted to reflect the fact that it can be easy to get carried away and post an angry comment on the internet.

draugadrotten 10y ago
> they just deny you the job silently. This. I've first hand witnessed several people being rejected/blocked by HR from manager positions in Fortune 100 corporations due to various internet findings. Examples: - pictures on facebook showing the applicant vomiting due to drinking too much, noone wants to risk hiring an alcoholic - search result connecting the applicant to a cult, - search result showing applicant posting negative opinions about immigration - search result showing applicant being open with bdsm sex related activities The applicants were not given the chance to discuss these issues with HR, they were just silently rejected. I think this is very common as it exposes the company to risk if there is a discussion and the candidate is later rejected. If there is no discussion, there is no proof. When hiring for any position which is customer facing, corporate HR is incredibly sensitive how the applicant is displayed on the internet. Posting anything on the internet about anyone is extremely powerful today and it doesn't matter if it is true or not since you will not have any way to defend yourself.
- dhimes 10y ago
  Yep. I know a guy who was falsely accused of sexual impropriety by a female student who made it up when her parents discovered evidence of her promiscuity (which, it was discovered, was with her boyfriend). She goes unnamed and unscathed. Thanks to Google, he will never work in education again. If it happened to him it could happen to you.

draugadrotten 10y ago

> they just deny you the job silently. This. I've first hand witnessed several people being rejected/blocked by HR from manager positions in Fortune 100 corporations due to various internet findings. Examples: - pictures on facebook showing the applicant vomiting due to drinking too much, noone wants to risk hiring an alcoholic - search result connecting the applicant to a cult, - search result showing applicant posting negative opinions about immigration - search result showing applicant being open with bdsm sex related activities The applicants were not given the chance to discuss these issues with HR, they were just silently rejected. I think this is very common as it exposes the company to risk if there is a discussion and the candidate is later rejected. If there is no discussion, there is no proof. When hiring for any position which is customer facing, corporate HR is incredibly sensitive how the applicant is displayed on the internet. Posting anything on the internet about anyone is extremely powerful today and it doesn't matter if it is true or not since you will not have any way to defend yourself.

dhimes 10y ago
Yep. I know a guy who was falsely accused of sexual impropriety by a female student who made it up when her parents discovered evidence of her promiscuity (which, it was discovered, was with her boyfriend). She goes unnamed and unscathed. Thanks to Google, he will never work in education again. If it happened to him it could happen to you.