Information found on social media that might convince an employer that hiring a candidate would be a mistake includes all of the following except:

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Employers should exercise caution when using online sources for background checks. While they may find valuable information about prospective employees, if they use (or appear to use) certain information, such as age, race, marital status, or other defining features of potentially protected classes, to screen job candidates, it could serve as grounds for a discrimination suit. Because social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram contain highly personal information, employers who use them to conduct background screening risk allowing hiring decisions to be affected by factors that are illegal to consider-such as medical problems or disability, marital status, or pregnancy.

Information Found on Social Media That Might Convince an Employer