Facebook Password Isn’t Your Boss’ Business

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The article I chose to read was called “Facebook Password Isn’t Your Boss’ Business.” It was written by Doug Gross and published on March 22^nd, 2012. The article is mainly about how employers are asking job applicants for access to their Facebook profiles. The American Civil Liberties Union says that what they are doing is an invasion of their privacy, and they say some employers are requiring access to their profiles on their job applications. Some other companies ask for access to their Facebook or ask the applicant to “friend” the employer. One example of this occurred in 2010 when Robert Collins was looking to be reinstated to his job at a correctional officer, he was asked for access to his Facebook. He said that he gave up his password, and his boss started going thru his wall posts, messages, and his photos to make sure that he wasn’t part of a gang. I think that this is ridiculous and that companies are taking the Facebook thing way too far. People have personal things in their messages and it is private for a reason. There could be a really embarrassing conversation within the messages and the employer may judge the applicant based on the conversation. Also, the employer has no right asking for the applicant’s personal information, as it is a violation of personal privacy. It is also against Facebook’s terms of service to share a password. To me it does not make sense to judge somebody by what they have on their Facebook. Unless all their pictures and conversations are drug related, I do not see a problem.