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HR/recruiting people out there: Ever seen anti Israel comments in social media come up in employment background checks? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Google tells me that: "HireRight reports social media comments to employers only if the prospective employer explicitly requests and pays for a social media background screening package as part of their pre-employment check"

Anyone in recruiting in the US ever seen candidates not hired because of their social media posts being too pro human rights?

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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Are social media account connected by email or only if employees connect them manually to other accounts? How do they know what you post?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    I know reddit sells api access. Lemmy I'd think would be safer. I'm more wondering if anyone has heard of it actually being used.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    API access doesn't mean access to a user's email address, it just means a much easier way to get to the same content as everyone else.

    I doubt that today Reddit sells that information. I'm sure they will one day.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    API doesn't give you a user's email though and it would be a huge scandal if Reddit was sharing that info. They probably mean Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. They might have facial recognition going on but it probably only applies to accounts with your name on it or linked to one that they know belongs to you (as in, if you put links to other platforms on your LinkedIn for example).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    if your account is somehow referenced/connected the only way lemmy could be safer is that they dont have proper tools to automate looking for specifics.

    But likely lemmy is unsafer because its an open standart and the frontends are more accessible than reddit

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