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ICYMI

Getting Fired for Going Viral

ICYMI

Slate Podcasts

Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8678 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim break down the saga revolving around a fashion industry employee who got fired after posting a viral TikTok about whether or not influencers were boring. From the “Brokey” challenge to internet history-making GIFs, more and more people are getting fired because of social media. But is it fair — or even legal — for a company to fire someone just because they post online? And how much control should your job have over your social media? Plus, the emerging creator whose own job might be at risk after his followers flooded his employer’s phone lines. This podcast is produced by Olivia Briley, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Megan, and I've got a new podcast I think you're going to love.

0:05.2

It's called Confessions of a Female Founder, a show where I chat with female entrepreneurs

0:09.1

and friends about the sleepless nights, the lessons learned, and the laser focus that

0:14.6

got them to where they are today.

0:16.5

And through it all, I'm building a business of my own and getting all sorts of practical advice

0:21.2

along the way that I'm so excited to share with you. Confessions of a female founder is out now.

0:27.9

Listen, wherever you Candice Lim.

0:45.2

And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.

0:48.7

In case you missed it.

0:50.5

Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:53.1

Candice, I'm curious, related to today's episode, have you ever gotten in trouble for something that you posted on social media, like either with your work or with school if we want to really go way back?

1:04.4

Ooh, this is interesting because I will say I remember being 12 years old and having to do multiple training series

1:12.5

from my teachers about like everything you post will stay online forever. Be careful. Everyone will see it.

1:18.7

And now, and now it's almost like I've been trained to post more and more and more in order to

1:24.9

like get jobs and stuff. So very conflicting relationship.

1:29.5

Well, yeah, I was wondering because I feel like I also was raised in a very specific time. And I guess I only say specific because I have to imagine the presentation is different these days because everyone be posting.

1:40.5

But I just feel like we were so scared. We were really so scared straight about putting anything

1:46.3

online. It was going to last forever. Yeah. No, 100%. But what about you? Have you ever gotten in

1:52.0

trouble for something you posted on social needs? So because of the aforementioned terror,

1:57.4

I don't have too many fun examples because I really tried to be careful about it, but the only time I can remember it happening was I was literally in Barcelona on vacations. I worked at one of my first jobs in media and I'm in Barcelona and I get a call for my boss because I tweeted out an interview that I had done with an influencer whose manager was like the most annoying manager I'd ever worked with,

2:18.3

like a real nightmare. And so when I tweeted it, and this was unprofessional of me, I will admit,

2:24.2

but I tweeted it and I was just kind of like flippant with the tweet because I think I just

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