I'm pleased to see FB warning employers not to ask for Facebook passwords. And their observation that it's an invasion of privacy that could open up legal liabilities is a good one (e.g., if the FB profile or posts included information about a person's religion, requiring them to reveal it could lead to a claim that they weren't hired because of their religion). (Note: a number of companies side-step this by hiring 3rd parties to do reviews, looking for identified criteria; I think there's still room for concern here.)
Of course FB has a vested interest here — if people get scared of using FB openly because their future employers might ask to see those wild and crazy post and pictures, that hurts FB, too. #ddtb
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More and more employers are apparently asking applicants for their facebook passwords. Facebook issued a response today saying that it's an invasion of privacy and possibly illegal. Have you or anyone you know experienced this? Would you be willing to sign over your passwords to your social media accounts to get a job?
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Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords
Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.
How handy that I use neither Twitter nor Facebook. It’s bad enough employers feel they have a right to your credit report, your insurance records (well, they want it…), and other ways to decide they won’t hire YOUR kind.
@Marina – The funny thing is, as an employer / hiring manager, I would never ask someone for the FB (et al.) password. As far as I’m concerned, if it takes place outside of working hours, that’s the employee’s business (as long as they return to work sober). And while we have higher-level jobs that do require folks (such as myself) to be available 24×7, the same is true of the CEO, and I assume that he is, if available 24×7, not stone sober and utterly focused on the job 24×7 (at least, as a stockholder, I hope not).