“Be careful of the words you say. Keep them soft and sweet, because you never know, from day to day, which ones you’ll have to eat.” A now-former GOP official
Mass. town official quits committee over social media revelations
Just a few days ago, Bill Anderson, stood defiant, claiming that he could post anything he wanted to social media and, if people didn’t like it, they shouldn’t look at it.
Firefighter loses job over racist Facebook tirade
It took just four sentences and ten minutes for a Michigan firefighter to lose his job. The four sentences were the crescendo of a back-and-forth argument 40-year-old Ryan Hudson was
School Board member under fire for blackface photos
An Arkansas school board member is facing calls for his resignation when photos surfaced of him in blackface. The man, identified as Ted Bonner, was apparently decided to dress up
Dept of Corrections official resigns after online racial hate exposed
The Deputy Director of the Department of Corrections in Shelby County, TN managed to Facebook himself right out of a job when a number of his posts came to light.
Officer fired over Snapchat post containing racial slur
A Pennsylvania police officer lost two jobs in one week after a Snapchat post she sent, containing a racial slur, surfaced on the internet. The post shows officer Melissa Adamson
Volunteer firefighter out after calling for return of slavery
A volunteer firefighter in Dell Rapids, SD has been booted from the department after a racist Facebook comment in which he suggested that slavery needed to be re-instituted. John Nygaard
College trustee blames hack for racist likes
A New Jersey college trustee is facing calls for his resignation over likes to a number of racists tweets. Joseph DiBella, a former mayor and a current trustee for Brookdale
Veterans Affairs dinged for using insecure chat service for official business
The last thing that the Veterans Affairs was wanting was bad press but, they got it nonetheless. This time the VA is dealing with the fallout of a report in