House Shoots Down Legislation That Would Have Stopped Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password

Reblogged from TechCrunch:

Well, that didn't take long. A proposed Facebook user protection amendment introduced yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives has already been shot down. The legislation, offered by Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter, would have added new restrictions to FCC rules that would have prohibited employers from demanding workers' social networking usernames and passwords.

The final vote was 236 to 184…

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Today, we're sharing a blog post from TechCrunch, a very large and very popular tech blog. It's a followup to what we were talking about last week with regards to giving employers your social media passwords. Very interesting read. Remember, check back tomorrow night for this week's show or catch it live starting at 9 PM on 580 CFRA. We start in our new timeslot (Saturday at 5 PM) next week. Enjoy!

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Posted on 03/30/2012, in Talknowledgy News. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Comment.

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