# Employers now demanding job applicants Facebook passwords

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 23, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employers-now-demanding-job-applicants-facebook-passwords/616569 "2012-03-23T01:43:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employers-now-demanding-job-applicants-facebook-passwords/616569/15 "2012-03-23T04:36:59Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> I am gobsmacked that anyone, anywhere, thinks that this is a good idea. If a company wants to check someone’s public social media page, that’s one thing. But demanding passwords is quite another thing. What next, are companies going to want to be allowed to post under their employees’ names? And possibly give great reviews for the company, while smearing other companies?

Enjoy the gob what smacks you, **Lynn Bodoni**.

Excerpt from OP of thread from 05/01/2009:

> [@Can't mention employer on Facebook (legal issues?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-mention-employer-on-facebook-legal-issues/495028/1):
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> Here’s the real wrinkle to this situation. Last week I got an email saying that [company] wants each of its employees with a Facebook account to “friend” the company’s new Facebook site to promote its new project online and get it advertised via social networking. I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the idea before. But, given this memo, I have to say I’m inclined to say, “Sorry, then I can’t connect my personal site with the company site. You can’t expect to use my personal contacts through the site to promote the business and then also limit what I can say on my site. If you want a separation between business and personal, then you need to keep it consistently separate. Not just when it’s convenient for you.”
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> Thoughts?

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