House votes down stopping employers asking for Facebook passwords(zdnet.com)

House votes down stopping employers asking for Facebook passwords

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/house-votes-down-stopping-employers-asking-for-facebook-passwords/11067?tag=mantle_skin;content

2 comments

r00fus14 anni fa

Unbelievable. How is this amendment even controversial?

dnaquin14 anni fa

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."