Maryland becomes first state to prohibit employers from asking for Facebook logins

[baked_goldfish]

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has signed legislation banning employers in the state from requiring workers and prospective employees to disclose their user names and passwords to Facebook, Twitter and other personal social media accounts

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[sihaya09]

Go us.

[ecto_gammat]

I wasn't an O'Malley fan in the beginning, but his actions lately are making me glad I voted for him.

[myrrhmade]

Bout fucking time. 49 to go.

[tigerdreams]

I'd rather see federal legislation that says this, than have to do it state-by-state. But it's a step in the right direction; good on Maryland.

[myrrhmade]

Oh no doubt.

[kitanabychoice]

"[...]such as making sure employees are not posting trade secrets or negative comments about customers, using illegal drugs or engaging in other inappropriate behavior."

Personally, if my facebook is PRIVATE and you can't see what I'm doing without having my permission to see, it's no different than me writing trade secrets in a notebook that my friends could pick up from my desk and read.

Either way, yay for this law.

[spiffynamehere]

They require logins and passwords? I just... what?

[effervescent]

Yup. There's been a few posts about it recently - at the interview, 'Oh, by the way, mind if we log in to your Facebook and look around?' And in this economy, a lot of people don't have the luxury of saying no. It's basically a good way to get around all the laws about what you can and cannot ask, too.