9. When it comes to employment and social media:
I. Every U.S. law dealing with employee privacy grants significant deference to an employer's legitimate business interest.
II. U.S employers may legally canvass social media sites for information on employees and potential employees and act upon the information found.
III. When an employer finds and uses social media information to reprimand or fire an employee, the employee is likely to be successful in claiming the employer violated the employee's right to privacy.
IV. Employees can take steps to maintain the privacy of their social media use when they are not working to prevent employers from viewing it.

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Option I is true as there are no federal laws explicitly protecting employee privacy on social media. Option II is also true since, if public, social media posts are not protected by privacy laws. Option III is false because employees generally do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy on social media when they post something publicly. However, Option IV is true, as employees can set their social media profiles to private and adjust their security settings to prevent employers from viewing their activities.

9 When It Comes to Employment and Social Media