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HireRight Adds Social Media Screening

Irvine-based HireRight, which provides employment background checks, drug testing, education verification, and other services, says it has added new social media screening, via a partnership with Fama Technologies. Financial details of the deal were not announced. HireRight said the partnership will help companies analyze a andidate or current employee's digital footprint through their publicly available online data, with the goal of identifying any potential risks posed to the organization, which could include bigotry, sexism, and harassment.