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House votes down stopping employers asking for Facebook passwords (zdnet.com)
7 points by Slimy on March 29, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Unbelievable. How is this amendment even controversial?


read the amendment.

  "1 SEC. 5. PROTECTING THE PASSWORDS OF ONLINE USERS. 
  2 Nothing in this Act or any amendment made by this 
  3 Act shall be construed to limit or restrict the ability of 
  4 the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a rule 
  5 or to amend an existing rule to protect online privacy, in-
  6 cluding requirements in such rule that prohibit licensees 
  7 or regulated entities from mandating that job applicants 
  8 or employees disclose confidential passwords to social net-
  9 working web sites."




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