10/10/2025

Employers Report Tightened Social Media Policies in Wake of Political Upheaval

About 25 percent of employers had disciplined workers for social media posts

Is social media more of a workplace landmine now? Possibly, according to survey results published Sept. 30 by Resume Templates.

Twenty-nine percent of employers surveyed said there has been an increase in conflicts tied to social media posts in the past six months, with nearly 3 in 4 of those companies saying the problem worsened after Charlie Kirk’s death. The most common discipline actions taken included suspension, reprimand and termination.

A quarter of employers said they disciplined workers for social media posts in the past month, and, of those, 60 percent said it involved Charlie Kirk, a political podcaster.

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