The UK Government has banned civil servants from kaning use of certain social media sites including Facebook.
In an interview, Employment Minister Chris Grayling confirmed the government’s decision. Speaking on the topic, Grayling said, “Access to some Internet sites from departmental computers is restricted or blocked. This includes Facebook.”
However, he added that civil servants were still allowed to use some social media sites, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, but only for work reasons.
But, the employment minister didn’t explain how the government would ensure that social media would be used only for work purposes.
Grayling added that the communications department workers can still log on to Facebook as their duties involve use of social media.
Experts are of the view that security and compliance issues are the most important reasons behind banning social media sites at work.
A fresh research from Protiviti revealed that one in six UK employees believes that use of social networking platforms like that of Facebook and LinkedIn is a major risk to corporate security.
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