The way it actually works is this: Private employers can fire you for anything you do on social media, whether you associate yourself with your employer's name

The way it actually works is this: Private employers can fire you for anything you do on social media, whether you associate yourself with your employer's name or not. This was just covered in a training I sat through--given by a lawyer with experience in this area--a couple weeks ago. It might not seem fair, but that's how it is. It's more complicated when the employer is the government. This is what popehat's blog post covers. > My opinion would be this: you should be able to express yourself as a private citizen any which way you want, withinn the law. I suspect you might not feel this way if you ran a business and one of your employees caused huge controversy that threatened your business. You would probably want to fire that person to save your business.