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Many were appalled last week to hear that some employers are asking current employees and prospective employees for the passwords for their Facebook accounts. Apparently this practice is bigger than people imagined, and now the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is involved.
Robert Collins of Baltimore Maryland, was looking to get reinstated in his job as a correctional worker in 2010. He was told that as a condition of his re-hire he would need to give his boss his Facebook password. He reluctantly gave up his Facebook password. Collins reports that the person considering his re-hire immediately went to Facebook and logged into Collins account. The interviewer said he was doing this to make sure that Collins had no gang affiliations.
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