“I was fired for pressing “like”

 The majority of students, if not all, have social networking sites. For years we are warned about what we put on, say, or do on them. The problem is what we believe is safe on the site could actually harm us in the long run. I’m not talking about putting up pictures we shouldn’t, or saying things that if future employers/current employers saw on your page, would make them want to not higher you or fire you. We all know the risk of that. What many of us don’t really consider is about the like button on facebook. People hit like for many different things, some not so serious, while sometimes for a more pressing issue ect. If you like something, it’s your own opinion, which is covered in your 1^st amendment rights, right? Wrong. Our government doesn’t see clicking like as making a statement:       

“The district court’s holding that“‘liking’ a Facebook page is insufficient speech to merit constitutional protection” because it does not “involve actual statements,”

Thanks to these views our court system ( appeals court still pending) people have been legally fired because of their views. If you have a job right now, until this issue is determined by the appeals court, keep this in mind. Watch and be picky about what you click like on. Even better stay clear of the like button for now because it isn’t just law enforcement officials getting fired because of what they “liked’.

You can most likely tell that I believe that what we like on facebook should be covered in our amendments because with one click of a button we are expressing what matters to us. That’s what I think but what about you? Should clicking a button count as an “involved actual statement” or should it be considered just a word until we declare our opinions with full sentences?   

http://www.webpronews.com/facebook-first-amendment-rights-according-to-the-aclu-2012-08

(Within the article there are links to different parts of the story. The quote came from the first link)