Leadership
September 14, 2011· 1 min read

58% of Companies Block Access to Social Media Sites

I recently posted about the benefits of not blocking access to social media websites on the corporate network. Then I picked up an article on the percentage of companies who do.

I recently posted about the benefits ofnot blocking access to social media websites when on the corporate network.

Then I picked up the following article on the percentage of companies who do.

Disappointing statistics as I continue to believe that you want to know what your employees are doing online. I will be interested to see which direction these figures trend.

As originally posted at jayschulman.com on September 14, 2011.

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