DonFerrari said:
ebw said:
"Not the norm" literally means "in less than a dominant majority of cases". That's absolutely not the same as saying "there is no company", so it is illogical to restate the claim in this fashion, and can only be interpreted as an inept attempt at a straw man argument. At the same time, you also draw an unjustified equivalence between proprietary information owned by a private company and scientific that are facts already publicly available. No rational person would say these things.
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Ok so bring the TOP 500 companies and how much they allow their employees to talk about the company without prior authorization from the company.
Scoobes said:
Depends on the industry and company. Note that you started your post with "any" and are now moving the goal posts so to speak.
There are certain bits of private information they will be restricted from talking about at nearly all companies. That's natural and has a legal basis. Like I said, most companies have a social media policy in place that covers their own needs.
On a side note, you know the EPA aren't a private company, right? Tax payer funded research is for the public, not proprietary. A gag order of this scale is ridiculous and disproportionate.
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Nope, it isn't private but also isn't the right of any employee under it to run their mouth as they see fit, and if the overseeing power over that agency decides that only the official mouthpieces are allowed to talk to the public about agency related stuff then so be it.
In Brazil most public employees aren't there on social media talking about their internal affairs, most that are involve judicial system
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They're not running their mouth though, they're talking about their work and presenting their data whilst also giving expert commentary to major events. It's essential for the pursuit of science and research. And as it's funded by tax payers, they have every right to know the results of the research they've funded, not some censored bullshit propaganda from high up.
It's completely disproportionate and utterly disgraceful given the "alternative facts" the administration keep presenting.
