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Just before Christmas, journalist Antoinette Lattouf was filling in on ABC radio in Sydney when three days into a five-day contract she was told – don’t come back.

The presenter had posted a Human Rights Watch report on Instagram alleging Israel was using starvation as a method of war in Gaza. The ABC says she failed to comply with directions not to post about controversial matters.

She’s now accusing the ABC of unlawful dismissal. So what happens when social media collides with the workplace?

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Adrienne Stone, professor of law at Melbourne University