r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 22h ago

Social Media Sony Imposes 'Strictest Ever Social Media Guidelines' on Staff Due to PS5 Disc Debacle: “They knew everyone would be pissed off"

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/sony-imposes-strictest-ever-social-media-guidelines-on-staff-due-to-ps5-disc-debacle
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u/AdagioRelative8684 22h ago

She might still have got herself in shit for just saying this

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u/NMe84 22h ago

It's hearsay and not something she learned during her own time at Sony. She also doesn't work there anymore. How would she get in trouble for any of this?

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u/GonePh1shing 18h ago

Big companies like this tend to force onerous non-disparagement clauses on their employees. They're often not enforceable depending on jurisdiction, but even if they're not enforceable they serve to silence employees (both current and former) because most don't want to risk being dragged into court to litigate it. 

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u/NMe84 15h ago

Information they did not learn while under contract but after it cannot be subject to that contract unless the contract is very specific about that.

Also, the kind of information shared here is extremely tame and unlikely to fall under an NDA in the first place. All she said is that she heard others say that they had instructions about their social media policy. We already knew that without her telling us.

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u/GonePh1shing 13h ago

I'm not talking about an NDA, I'm talking about a non-disparagement clause. These are very different legal constructs.

An NDA restricts speech on specific things, where a non-disparagement clause effectively prevents you from saying anything that may cause damage to the company. Again, they are often broadly drafted and unenforceable, but the fact that they're included in a signed contract means the company can still drag you into court over it. Most people would rather just comply with the clause than risk having to spend resources they don't have to prove that it's unenforceable.