You might not even know --- and it could extend beyond hiring. Didn't get promoted? Maybe it's because someond keyword matched you for "toxic". The only real way to safeguard yourself is to keep your identity as small and bland as possible, and that's no way to live.
I work at a background check startup that puts a focus on fairness and compliance.
>that's no way to live.
You know it's still well within the range of possibility to live a healthy, fully actualized life without a named online presence, right?
It's possible, sure. But why should anyone have to hide like that? It's the principle of the thing: an ordinary person shouldn't fear for his livelihood just because he exercises his right to speak in public.
You think they are going to leave those beliefs at the door when they go to work? You think women who work for this person are going to be evaluated fairly?
If someone does something in their personal life that shows they would be unable to do their job, it is entirely reasonable to have that affect their employment.
Sometimes people post something completely different and it gets twisted into something like that that's obviously offensive but isn't what they said.
In much the same way this report twists the meaning of every tweet.
I think you give the person a chance and use training if a problem exists.
Because no one would hire you because you don't seem perfect. Employers are looking for perfect and the real you isn't perfect. No one is. Some people do seem perfect but they only show you a piece. You want the world to accept all of you and the world is pretending to be something else.