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Washington State Passes Bill Protecting Facebook Passwords Of Employees, Job Applicants

David Cohen — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:21:21 +0000

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Tuesday that bans employers from demanding that employees or job candidates surrender their passwords to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, as well as from requiring employees to add managers as friends or contacts, AP reported.

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Proposed Amendment To Password Protection Act Would Allow Employers To Demand Facebook Passwords During Company Investigations

David Cohen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:59:47 +0000

The Password Protection Act of 2012 — which was introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives last May, but not acted upon and sent to committee — was the subject of an amendment at the House Labor Committee that would make an exception to the prohibition of employers requesting the Facebook passwords of employees or applicants in the event of company investigations.

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Federal Judge To Rule On Indiana Law Banning Sex Offenders From Facebook

David Cohen — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:34:57 +0000

The question of whether registered sex offenders should be allowed to use Facebook and other social networks found its way into a courtroom again Thursday, this time in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, where Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said she would rule within one month on whether an Indiana law banning the practice is constitutional.

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FBI Wants To Access Facebook Through Back Door

David Cohen — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:58:42 +0000

If a certain federal agency has its way, three letters may be infiltrating Facebook in the near future, and they’re not “LOL.”

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School Makes 12-Year-Old Surrender Facebook Password

David Cohen — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:46:15 +0000

A female student in the Minnewaska school district in Minnesota who has a Facebook page despite being one year under the social network’s age limit was hauled into a meeting with a school counselor and a deputy sheriff and pressured into surrendering her passwords for Facebook and email.

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