Eleven civil servants at Iain Duncan Smith's department for work and pensions have been sacked for using Twitter or Facebook.

The 11 sacked officials are among 116 DWP employees to have faced disciplinary action for blogging and social networking since January 2009, according to figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.

Of these 116, 34 were given a final written warning, 35 received a written warning and 36 were reprimanded orally for their use of social media.

Source: https://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/09/eleven-civil-servants-sacked-twitter

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