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Home My WebLink About091622 FW_ Sorry_ I forgot to include this Special Report in the email I sent yesterday_ ________________________________ From: Social Media Attorney Mark Fiedelholtz Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 11:14:36 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Sorry, I forgot to include this Special Report in the email I sent yesterday. ________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. ________________________________ Read this Special Report before using social media. <https://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=f6b95f89-7569-48b5-92af-fd5992dee130&a=1103098668655&c=3cce1dfc-fc78-11eb-ab51-fa163eec71c4&ch=3cd1711e-fc78-11eb-ab51-fa163eec71c4> <https://files.constantcontact.com/f66edc5d001/78aef25d-dfa5-4bab-a865-c6dc93e97055.png> <https://files.constantcontact.com/f66edc5d001/29cd40f2-a263-4ac1-aad7-d0f377b17914.jpg> How Inadequate Employee Social Media Liability Training And Policies Are Are Exposing Employees To Costly 1983 Personal Liability And Destroying The Public Trust <https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif> In my 33 years of practicing digital media law in the public sector, I have never witnessed so much employee personal liability exposure. The findings in this report are based on the past five years of training over 30,000 public employees in social media liability and writing over 200 social media policies for big and small governments. If you have any questions about this report or my compliance programs, call 954-748-7698. <https://files.constantcontact.com/f66edc5d001/f153d03e-38fb-49c7-8424-48c3523bf5b9.png> ROOT PROBLEM The 31-million-dollar verdict in the Kobe Bryant Crash Photos case is emblematic of the root problem with most government social media policies and training in the public sector. Many public agencies wrongly risk social media as a public relations issue. They are either unaware or choose to ignore recent U.S. Supreme Court and federal court rulings that classify social media as a "high liability" human resource issue. This misperception leads to the creation or purchase of social media policies and training programs that don't comply with the new higher federal standards. The fallout is a loss of big legal fees, the public trust, careers, and employee exposure to personal liability that can wipe out their life savings. Questions? Call 954-748-7698 <https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif> SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Inadequate Social Media Liability Training * 97% of the in-house attorneys and other decisionmakers I contacted or worked with over the past 5 years said they were unaware of the new 1983 federal social media training and policy standards. * 100% of employees in my training programs were never notified they could be sued personally under 42 U.S.C. 1983. * 100% of employees in my training were never notified that even if they had personal liability insurance, it would not cover their social media mistakes. Most social media harm is adjudicated by courts as willful, not accidental; insurance policies exclude willful conduct from coverage. * 100% of my course participants said they were given verbal warnings, not in-depth social media liability training from an outside social media attorney specialist. * Despite claiming they received adequate social media liability training from their in-house attorney or conferences, the average score on my basic social media law competency pre-tes <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GtPZWO5h4aAu1YuIStQMi7vLs-VFTEuHosp71_4ioWI-wwmwbAY7gjNxD8HNa0EiggdNXDoEZgrONk0G3kBO63Ducr3biK1xhiXwk306syMzwq9j-n4VJ0KZwQQ3oDc-xyAh6Juolqa2lzWOixp2xvJjMAmXoDfsPvJiN zcfEAlEYPKDde81qu52IMi66AtH-pg_RjPOJ1IcBn4j9suavSbVBDfVilKmPUt8mM-vOnA=&c=TwC_QPGm4vedw8iadSAPZygJ33YG6Mn4Zp0Eod48RtknFRjsAuRGAw==&ch=IcQjTlpslpwIqCVi8hytr7j3AYL9nbOJf7c9xIIRFZKddeQInhEtlg==> t was 13%. * Not one person out of the 30,000 non-lawyers I trained could tell me the 3 basic components of defamation in their state or explain the concept of libel by implication. * Not one person out of the 30,000 non-lawyers I trained were familiar with the new social media speech and privacy laws, especially regarding personal use of social media accounts. * Out of the 250 social media lawsuits I researched where an employee was fired or disciplined for social media violations, the government always lost the case because they could not prove the employee received training and policies that complied with the new federal standards. (i.e., Kobe Bryant Crash Photo case) Questions? Call 954-748-7698 <https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif> Inadequate Social Media Policy Development * Governments nationwide are losing millions of dollars in social media related cases because they are placing blind trust on defective model social media policies from reputable organizations. Most of these policies are not written by an attorney who specializes in social media liability and the policy drafter is unaware of the new federal standards. * Out of 200 social media policies I recently updated, not one policy complied with the new federal standards; without my changes the policy would have been ruled invalid in court. It should be noted that most of these policies originated from reputable policy services and national associations. * Busy in-house attorneys are not social media law experts and are unknowingly using defective model policies from reputable organizations that courts find unconstitutionally vague. * Courts rule that a social media policy impacts an employee's fundamental constitutional and civil rights. Therefore, the policy must be reinforced with outside expert social media liability training for all employees. Questions? Call 954-748-7698 <https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif> Cost-Effective Compliance Solutions I have developed an affordable online social media liability course that complies with the new federal social media training laws. Call 954-748-7698 For More Details Learn More <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GtPZWO5h4aAu1YuIStQMi7vLs-VFTEuHosp71_4ioWI-wwmwbAY7gohOifu98UOw4TtgUFtbsmQSDRXqgW32diqI0TmUh3Y112PXRk_IX2Vumwr_91FJTYAyIg9bROAgnr1L0xez1ZjknXjX6Oq855UW8Sn BBspuW7ejmJyx8Xo=&c=TwC_QPGm4vedw8iadSAPZygJ33YG6Mn4Zp0Eod48RtknFRjsAuRGAw==&ch=IcQjTlpslpwIqCVi8hytr7j3AYL9nbOJf7c9xIIRFZKddeQInhEtlg==> <https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001GtPZWO5h4aAu1YuIStQMi7vLs-VFTEuHosp71_4ioWI-wwmwbAY7gucaoifLfBWeSwZT0ik6LYqzytrRgQ698tChebC94uvTMQ2uMZ9aqhdd6eABDoY8I4OK9qx2WiY4OmeMFak_ouZO91ByaDfhbA==&c=TwC_QPGm4v edw8iadSAPZygJ33YG6Mn4Zp0Eod48RtknFRjsAuRGAw==&ch=IcQjTlpslpwIqCVi8hytr7j3AYL9nbOJf7c9xIIRFZKddeQInhEtlg==> <https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif> Based on my 33-years of digital media law expertise, I have developed affordable social media policy development programs. 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