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My brain says this is scary. http://monachuslex.com/?p=78Social Media Sites Pose Unique Challenges For Gun Owners
Posted on June 28, 2011 by John Pierce
Social MediaEarly in May, the Federal Trade Commission�s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, which is tasked with overseeing issues related to consumer privacy, credit reporting, identity theft, and information security, completed an investigation into the business practices of California based Social Intelligence Corporation.
Social Intelligence Corporation bills itself as offering a service that �lets employers and hiring professionals reap the benefits of using social media in making hiring decisions, without the legal risks.� It does this by scouring social media sites, searching for information on applicants and then removing all legally impermissible information such as race, religion, national origin, age, sex, familial status, sexual orientation, and disability status.
Of particular concern to gun owners, hunters and shooting sports aficionados however, is the fact that reportedly, any posted pictures containing firearms will flag an applicant as �Demonstrating potentially violent behavior� as illustrated in the actual redacted report below that was released to Kashmir Hill at Forbes.
Social Intelligence ReportWhile Social Intelligence Corporation hurries to assure consumers that they only report on �criteria that is legally allowable in the hiring process�, gun owners should be concerned that simply having a picture of a oneself with a firearm would be enough to cost an applicant that dream job.
Even though the Federal Trade Commission has ruled that Social Intelligence Corporation is not in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, this company has not seen the end of the controversy surrounding their service. Given the damaging conclusions being drawn about an applicant based upon personal pictures, it is only a matter of time before an applicant files suit.
Phil
�The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.� �Samuel Adams
"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." --James Madison
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If you are stupid enough to frequent social media sites you deserve what you get.
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My brain says this is scary.
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and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS
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I don't even know the use of "social media". Is there any?
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That which does not kill us makes us stronger
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The campfire is a social media site.
Fortunately I live in a state and work for people that I would look at a picture of you with a gun as a reason to hire you.
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If you are stupid enough to frequent social media sites you deserve what you get. Yep, if you put it online it is there forever and for anyone to see.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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Forums generally are not considered social media.
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If you are stupid enough to frequent social media sites you deserve what you get. The 24hr Campfire is a social media site. So, does your statement include both you and I? My wife says I can be stupid at times. 
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. - Thomas Jefferson
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If you are stupid enough to frequent social media sites you deserve what you get. In the process of juxtaposing this with one of your recent posts ( something to do with pistolas, and a place fulla big white buildings, IIRC ) I'm finding some sort of "Disconnect". Are you putting us on ? GTC
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Not really. No disconnect. My point is that if you are willing to post your entire life, personal history, and private info on the net then you get what you deserve.
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The campfire is a social media site.
Fortunately I live in a state and work for people that I would look at a picture of you with a gun as a reason to hire you.
Ouch! Sooooooooooooo true.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
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The campfire is a social media site. Very true, and beginning to look like a daytime soap opera at times. But it is fun. The sites that are touted as "true" social media" places read like daily diaries and I do not understand their appeal.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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"beginning to look like a daytime soap opera at times."
On THAT note, I am going to go wash all the ashes off my tractor,....maybe have a beer and wax it.
Than I'll fondle my GUNS,......
BRRRrrrrrr, scary stuff, No ?
GTC
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BRRRrrrrrr, scary stuff, No ? BRRRrrrrrr, scary stuff, YES ! 
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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I don't even know the use of "social media". Is there any? My whole extended family is on face book, getting closer than ever before, and constantly asking me why I don't join in. Won't do it.
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If you google a shooting related subject a link th the Campfire will almost always come up.
I have never said anything here I would not be afraid for my employer to read. I is what I is and that's all there is to me. You don't like it they I am sure I would not be happy working for you.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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Here's the website of the outfit:http://www.socialintelligencehr.com/home
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