More than half of U.S. companies social networking bans

More than half of U.S. companies forbid their employees to enter social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace or Twitter during working hours, according to a study released last week.
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About 54% of those responsible for the information of the companies decided a "total ban" of visits to social networking sites.
According to 19% of those responsible, employees are entitled to visit social networking sites, but "only in the context of their work", and 16% warrants the occupation "for limited personal use". Only 10% had no objection to such access.
The study was conducted in 1,400 companies from at least 100 employees by the firm Robert Half Technology. "Using social networking sites can divert attention from the employees of more pressing priorities and it is therefore understandable that some companies restrict access," said executive director of Robert Half Technology, Dave Miller.