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Article: Young People Bring Politics Online
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- February 22, 2008
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Facebook face-offs. MySpace mudslinging. As the newbies in this year's presidential throw-down, throngs of young people are finding their political voice and, of course, they're finding it _ often with little restraint _ online. But that free speech could come at a cost.
With political expression traveling at warp speed online, bosses can instantly find that diatribe posted about Obama or McCain _ and they can wield the ax for it just as quickly. The labor codes in 48 states have never protected employees from being fired for their political views. But, then again, personal information has never been so readily available.
"I think young people going in are under the ...