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Originally Posted by plib
Information on Facebook can be restricted from public availability, or limited to friends only. The employers wanted those individuals' personal logins and passwords to peruse information on their accounts that wasn't publicly available but only available to the account holder. You might think that's acceptable, several US jurisdictions don't. There are laws being passed to forbid it.
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If it was made clear that providing such information was a condition of employment at that company, I really don't see why the law should get involved. Nobody's forcing anyone to apply for jobs where that is a requirement. In my job, for example, having a government security clearance is a requirement, and that involves checks that go a heck of a lot deeper than checking Facebook accounts. I knew that when I went to work for the company.
If an employer started requesting such information from EXISTING employees, then I agree that it would be unreasonable.