Many companies now have policies that comments made on employees personal social network sites should not denigrate the company. Apparently this doesn't apply to the publicly funded company of HBC.
A young girl employed as the youth consultant to the Police Comissioner was hammered earlier this year for a twitter comment she made and forced to resign after a media mauling......
Apology call over Hyndburn councillor's 'offensive remark' on Facebook (From Lancashire Telegraph)
I have no doubt that Cllr Pritchard was aiming this comment at a specific person and not the people of Ossy in general, however, as a politician she should realise that everything she says is open to public scrutiny and criticism. Just like the rest of us, she should have been aware that comments made on social media are NEVER private regardless of how you set your security levels...she screwed up...she should apologise instead of using the 'entitled to private life' argument, writing something on the internet is not the same as talking to a mate in a bar over a beer or two.
And the monitoring officer and council spokesman (is that an official job role or is it some weasel who wont put his head above the parapet?) need more training on the possible damage caused by social media.