Some state legislatures have responded rapidly to the issue of employers asking job applicants for their social media logins. As I noted yesterday, a bill is progressing through the Illinois legislature. One is also moving through the Maryland legislature. Robert Lang reports: The House of Delegates is due to take a final vote Friday on…
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Illinois House OKs ban on password snooping by bosses
Interesting news from Illinois, from Associated Press: The Illinois House wants to bar employers from asking workers and job applicants for access to social media like Facebook. The legislation passed 78-30 Thursday and now goes to the Senate. Read more on KFVS. Information on the bill can be found here (full text as engrossed here)….
House votes down plan to block employers from Facebook snooping
Declan McCullagh reports: The controversial — if not exactly common — practice of requiring job applicants to disclose their Facebook passwords briefly became ammunition for an unsuccessful Democratic effort to block an unrelated regulatory reform plan. During the House of Representatives floor debate yesterday over a proposal (PDF) to reform the Federal Communications Commission, Rep. Ed Perlmutter,…
Court strikes down Oklahoma ultrasound bill, Idaho ultrasound bill dies in the legislature
Associated Press reports: An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down a state law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure. District Judge Bryan Dixon ruled the statute passed by the Legislature in 2010 is an…