DWP disciplines 116 employees for social networking at the office

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The Department for Work and Pensions has disciplined 116 employees for using social media sites at work since 2009.

A Freedom of Information request carried out by the Guardian revealed that 11 DWP civil servants have been sacked for using sites such as Facebook and Twitter on government time, while 34 were give...

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