Employers are becoming more comfortable with employees using social media sites on the job, as long as it's business-related, according to a new Robert Half Technology survey.

More than half of chief information officers surveyed said they permit employees to use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, up from 19 percent in 2009.

Thirty-one percent of organizations surveyed say they still prohibit social media use completely while working, but this number is down from 54 percent who prohibited it completely in 2009.

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