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Company Performs Social Media Background Checks For Potential Employees

A new trend in background checks for potential employees is to have all their social media posts scrutinized, including everything they've liked, commented on and shared. Employers said they are ...
YourTango

Background Screener Warns Job Seekers That Companies Are Now Looking At The Comments You Leave On Social Media

Companies doing background checks on job seekers who've applied to work for them is not something new, but with social media now so ingrained in everyday life, even the comments you leave are up for ...
YourTango

Job Seeker Shares The Hilariously Embarrassing Social Media Activity Uncovered In Her Background Check—'It's Not Just What You Post, It's Also What You Like'

But one worker recently discovered that's not nearly enough to solve the problem of having a not-quite-work-appropriate sense of humor online, after her new job's digging into her online life revealed ...
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8 Best Background Check Sites of December 2025

Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services promise instant access to public records, credit information, social media ...
Nextgov

Defense Intelligence Agency Is Scoping Out Social Media Background Checkers

The effort is part of a shift away from screening intelligence and military staff every five years, as is current practice. The Pentagon is conducting market research for a planned 12-month "social ...
The Daily Dot

‘It should be illegal for a company to look at what you do in your personal time.’

Nowadays, it’s becoming increasingly common for employers to check a candidate’s social media profiles before hiring. In a survey by CareerBuilder in 2017, 70% of employers claimed they checked an ...
The Daily Dot

‘This is dystopian.’

A social media-scrubbing algorithm is facing scrutiny after a TikToker claimed their software was “crap” and cast too broad a net over a user’s social media presence. The TikTok, which has amassed ...
Harvard Business School

Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies

Pacelli, Joseph, Jillian Grennan, and Alexis Lefort. "Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 123-010, June 2023. (Revised July 2023.) ...
Business Wire

HireRight Introduces Social Media Screening through Partnership with Fama Technologies

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HireRight, a leading provider of global employment background checks, drug testing, education verification, and electronic Form I-9 and E-Verify solutions, announces a ...
Law

Law Firms Are Eyeing Lateral Hires' Social Media—But Vetting Isn’t Without Risks

Law Firms Are Eyeing Lateral Hires' Social Media—But Vetting Isn’t Without Risks Underscored by recent news of a newly hired Mayer Brown partner who was ousted after the firm discovered lewd social ...
Forbes

Cultural Sensitivity And Social Media: The Dynamic Duo Of Global Marketing

Salvador Ordorica is the CEO of The Spanish Group LLC, a first-class international translation service that translates over 90 languages. In today's globalized marketplace, businesses are expanding ...