Volume IX

Issue : 11: February 10, 2011

• The Internet Will Soon Run Out of New Addresses
• Egypt Unplugged Itself from the Internet to Try and Silence Dissent
• Dismissal for Improper Facebook Postings Upheld
• CRTC in Showdown with Ottawa over Unlimited Use Decision
• Kodak Loses Patent Dispute to RIM, Apple
• Microsoft files ITC complaint against TiVo
• FCC seeks to Dismiss Net Neutrality Lawsuits

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Dismissal for Improper Facebook Postings Upheld

The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has upheld the termination of two unionized workers for posting inappropriate comments on Facebook, the popular social networking site. The comments included references to violence, derogatory comments about other employees, sexual comments and comments critical of their employer.

Though one of the implicated employees was a key union organizer, the employer successfully established that the terminations were not a result of anti-union animus. The Board also held that the employees did not have a serious expectation of privacy in their Facebook account, that they had been dishonest with the employer and that the online comments made were so egregious that termination of their employment was justified.

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