Training in social media

Today I'm at a union training course in Belfast on the use of social media.

The course is most useful. It is excellent that the trade union movement provides training for members. Currently, social media is a major way in which people interact. Trade unions have to use it to communicate with our members.

Importantly, as trade unionists we have to understant the pitfalls. What is online is public.

Employers use social media to spy on workers. So beware what you post about yourself. The phrase 'digital natives' is used about young people. Too often, they are digitally naive - in the extreme, blundering in cyberspace - ignorant they are being watched.