Judges don't buy the "I'm an idiot about Facebook privacy settings" defense

JMH · Jul 12, 2012

Judges aren't swallowing the "I'm an idiot about Facebook settings" argument.

That was made clear in a recent case wherein Robert J Sumien, an emergency medical technician in Texas, sued for wrongful termination and privacy invasion after he got fired for posting a comment on Facebook about giving a "boot to the head" to unruly patients.

According to the ruling, delivered on Thursday, Sumien claimed that his employer invaded his privacy because he:

Misunderstood a coworker's Facebook settings,

Didn't know who had access to the coworker's wall postings, and

Didn't know how his employer was able to view his kick-to-the-head comment.

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Judges don't buy the "I'm an idiot about Facebook privacy settings" defense

JMH

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