Social Media Background Check? Uh oh.

In May of this year, the FTC said a company called Social Intelligence could start conducting background checks on employees’ Internet and social media history. There was outrage when the decision came down, as hard partiers and borderline offensive jokesters started to mentally scan through every photo, tweet, and incriminating blog post floating around in cyberspace. Gizmodo recently tested the service on six of its own employees and learned some lessons worth passing on.