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why are social media background reports so important these days? are employers negligent in demanding credit and criminal background reports (which only show matters of record) and not looking at publicly available social media content? for purposes of employee recruiting / employee retention, and in protecting your company from claims of discrimination and the distribution of untrue, negative, or confidential information consider adding social media background checks as part of your regular processes. protect against: •negligent hiring and negligent retention – when background-checks do not include obvious sources. •bad hiring decisions – are employee/candidate social media postings consistent with their resume? do they discuss actions and behaviors that would be unallowable or merely not a good mix with your current team? •claims that protected classes (e.g, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, handicap or age) are over- or under- investigated. •charges that