Dive Brief:
- Kansas education officials have approved a policy that would make it easier to fire university employees over their tweets.
- The policy was developed after an anti-NRA tweet by a Kansas University professor.
- University leaders can now fire any faculty or staff who use social media in a way deemed inappropriate by the school.
Dive Insight:
The full outline of the policy includes language that defines improper use of social media as something that "impairs discipline by superiors or harmony among co-workers" or "has a detrimental impact on close working relationships." Many faculty members had hoped that a vote on the policy would be delayed to allow for more input.