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Freedom of speech only apply to the state. The state cannot restrict your freedom of speech. Your employer can.

• digi_owl 12y ago
  And by making more and more communication channels "corporate" the government can wash their hands...
• iopq 12y ago
  But there are laws against unlawful termination. What his company did could be considered unlawful termination.
  • cantankerous 12y ago
    Maybe so. I think this could be made more confusing if he was at the conference while on the company dime.
  • tbrownaw 12y ago
    I thought that here in the US only applied to a specific list of disallowed reasons (race/gender/etc). Which don't include "being targeted by the Internet Lynch Mob".
    • iopq 12y ago
      It depends on your contract. If it guarantees employment and you're not an at-will employee, the contract will state reasons for why your employment can be terminated. It's possible that the contract might include "being targeted by the Internet Lynch Mob" as one of the reasons, but I doubt it.
      • tbrownaw 12y ago
        People actually use those (employment contracts) here?
        • iopq 12y ago
          I so far worked as an at-will employee, but some of the positions I'm interviewing for are explicitly 6 month or 12 month contracts.