Tell Congress to protect your social networking information.
A growing number of employers and schools are demanding that job applicants, employees and students hand over private information from their private social networking accounts such as Facebook. Student athletes are forced to “friend” a coach or administrator. Job candidates have scroll through their Facebook page with an interviewer. Students face demands for their password so they can be quizzed on their sex life by school administrators.
It’s an egregious violation of personal privacy and it is often happening in situations where people feel powerless to resist. That is why Congress needs to step in. We need a bright line rule - if it’s behind a password, that means keep out, whether you’re an employer, a school or the government.
Click the link below & send it to your Senators and Representative now, asking them to support legislation to protect private social networking information.
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4264&s_subsrc=120323_FBpassword_bor