The thing that gets me is that this isn't a "message board" or email, or forum... or anything like that. They needed 2 approvals to put this message out there.
It doesn't sound like just anyone could do this, but only people with specific privilege and approvals.
A company being "legally required" to do something doesn't mean that individual employees can decide for themselves to implement that policy... Otherwise you could ask random employees to Right-To-Be-Forgotten and delete you from Google...
I think the real questions are: 1) Was it part of their job? [no] 2) Was it a message board? [no] 3) Was it protected speech anyway? [unsure]
It doesn't sound like just anyone could do this, but only people with specific privilege and approvals.
A company being "legally required" to do something doesn't mean that individual employees can decide for themselves to implement that policy... Otherwise you could ask random employees to Right-To-Be-Forgotten and delete you from Google...
I think the real questions are: 1) Was it part of their job? [no] 2) Was it a message board? [no] 3) Was it protected speech anyway? [unsure]