# Legal Question:  Can an employer mandate that I set up a social media profile?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-can-an-employer-mandate-that-i-set-up-a-social-media-profile/796318>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-can-an-employer-mandate-that-i-set-up-a-social-media-profile/796318 "2017-09-14T13:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-can-an-employer-mandate-that-i-set-up-a-social-media-profile/796318/41 "2017-09-18T08:29:07Z")

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> [@TimeWinder](#):
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> What? Something this trivial is worth quitting over?

It’s not trivial if, for example, you have an abusive ex-husband you would like to keep your whereabouts secret from.

Not everyone wants to share their life on line, and some people have pretty solid reasons as to why.

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