With the increasing openness of the world to the web, media conglometerates seem to be dodging back and forth between drawing a big line between what it chooses to share and not share and what it would willingly partake in.
Looks like for news agency AP, this debate has gone a little too far, and they have finally stopped making sense. In the latest rule pushing of the company, the AP has advised its employees to not only monitor what they do on their own Facebook accounts, but also monitor what their friends say! Yeah, you read right.
They expect their employees to not to engage in any conversation about the operational aspects of their business, and at the same time ensure no one on their friends list talks shit about AP.
They have also told employees to not join any politically motivated groups or express any political opinion. That apart, managers have been forbidden from sending friend requests to their team members, unless the team members go ahead and send requests to them (hmmm, this one makes a little sense).
So AP employees are definitely not happy and are striking back as loud as possible. AP needs to learn to draw a fine line, that is fine enough to allow people breathing space, and at the same time keep caution of potential issues.
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