A State Department employee warned students not to link to or tweet about the Wiki Leaks because, according to the Columbia Spectator, it "could hurt students’ chances of getting jobs in the federal government."
The School of International and Public Affairs warned students on Friday to avoid tweets, Facebook comments, or other posts about the recently released WikiLeaks documents.
In an email sent out to SIPA students, the Office of Career Services said that an alumnus from the U.S. State Department recommended against posting links to or making comments on social media sites about WikiLeaks, a controversial website that releases government information. The site has received attention most recently due to a leak of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables.
The email from SIPA—forwarded to Spectator and also posted on a blog called The Arabist last Thursday—said that the WikiLeaks documents are still considered classified and that posts about them could hurt students’ chances of getting jobs in the federal government.
Representatives from SIPA and the OCS did not respond to requests for comment this weekend.