This is about a business losing "business" or diminishing their
reputation because of your negative statements even if it is something
you are doing on your own. Personally, if you have a grievance that
you know will stir the pot with your employer, it is either best kept to
yourself (obviously) or something that you should take legal action on
with the company, in which case you wouldn't want to prejudice your
case by making a comment that should be kept in confidence until
after the outcome of the suite. I don't think for a moment that the
company you work for would be uptight about any positive
comments you make about them on your social network site.
Bottom line is that this is encroaching into some areas that definitely
infringe upon our freedom of speech and it affecting our right to "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Though if you are that unhappy
with your job, get a different frickin' job.
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