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Instant Messaging Company Snap Threatens Jail Time for Leakers (cheddar.com)

Posted by msmash on from the my-way-or-highway dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Snap has a simple message to its employees: leak information and you could be sued or even jailed. The chief lawyer and general counsel of Snapchat's parent company, Michael O'Sullivan, sent a threatening memo to all employees last week just before The Daily Beast published an explosive story with confidential user metrics about how certain Snapchat features are used. "We have a zero-tolerance policy for those who leak Snap Inc. confidential information," O'Sullivan said in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by Cheddar. "This applies to outright leaks and any informal 'off the record' conversations with reporters, as well as any confidential information you let slip to people who are not authorized to know that information."

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  1. What an asshole! by DaMattster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The leaking of information, at most, is a tort. It is not a crime and there will be no jail! Michael O'Sullivan is nothing more than a bully and how is this memo not work placement harassment!?

  2. Leaking the leaker memo! by jelwell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a perfect response, leak the memo threatening leakers. This is not going to end well for SNAP!
    A great company would simply remind employees that it's in their best interest not to leak information. This sounds like the flailings of a dying company.
    Joseph Elwell.

  3. Great recruitment policy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Snap's going to have fun filling positions. Who wants to work in that type of environment?

  4. Jail? by Holi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since when does a company have the ability to throw someone in jail?

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    Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.