By this point, some eight years after it became a household name, we are all more or less au fait with the ubiquitous ‘Facebook’; it is indispensable for many, inescapable for some. 

It seems however that the legal ramifications for employees making derogatory statements about their employers has still to yet fully sink in. While many users of the app may think that they are posting to a limited audience, it does of course have the capability to make such posts go much further and become the equivalent of taking out a full page advert in a national newspaper.