Doesn't it astound you that your employers are allowed to snoop on your Facebook to decide whether you're gonna get the job??

@NoOneYouKnow: Nothing you've cited so far has proven that the action itself is illegal. People are allowed to look up other people's online profiles, and if an employer does do this and they don't discriminate based on race, gender, etc. and only refuse to hire an employee because of questionable past actions, then it isn't illegal.

@Killers: what I posted was a summary, not all applicable laws. You should also look into off-duty laws.

@NoOneYouKnow: Unless an employer is using information they obtained to discriminate, they are allowed to perform a background check via a prospective or current employee's social media pages.

[quote]"...federal laws prohibits employers from discriminating against a prospective or current employee based on information on the employee's social networking site or personal blog relating to their race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, and immigration or citizen status, employers can and do use information on such websites as a method of conducting background checks.[/quote]

[quote]"An online profile can provide information on professional credentials, career objectives, maturity and judgment, abuse of drugs or alcohol, current employment status, and other red flags."[/quote]

[quote]"Generally, an employer can fire you for having a personal website or blog that it deems inappropriate, with very limited exceptions. Even if you have a non-work related website that you don't access from your office, employers can fire you if they feel the content on your personal site or blog is offensive to them or to potential clients, or reflects badly on the company."[/quote]

[quote]"[some states] have laws that prohibit employers from firing an employee for engaging in lawful conduct, or for using lawful products (ex: cigarettes) during off-duty hours. However, courts in these states will weigh the employee protections against an employer's business interests, and typically rule that those interests outweigh employee privacy concerns and permit the employer to be exempt from the law."[/quote]

([u]Source[/u]: http://www.workplacefairness.org/social-network-computer-privacy-workplace)

Lol they're not allowed to ask for your password they just search your name and address.

@Siriously: [c=#BF0080]Oh, I see what you mean.. I thought that's what you meant because I remember other people talking about that before. Yeah, anyone can look at your facebook.. but if everything's on private then they shouldn't see anything.[/c]

Everybody doesn't have a FB account. THEY haven't made it mandatory... YET !

Maybe just a nosey ass troll interviewer ?

Do they do "random tests" on your FB also ?

You'd have to delete it if you have embarrassing shit on your FB.. Or give yourself a nickname and use that on FB so they can't search you up

@Siriously: Damn, you sound as nosy as you claim all those corporations are. Irony.

Well there's no job on the line for you, sorry for being nosy. Even though you're probably unemployed.

@Siriously: Lol, whatever you say. Keep being wrong, seems like you're used to false assumptions.

They look for it, they don't ask for it. In fact I've had friends that have been shown one of their inappropriate posts at an interview.

@Siriously: That's your friend's fault for being a dumbass and making the photo publicly viewable. If you put information out there for public consumption, you can't get mad when the public consumes it.

@Siriously: your friend should learn to use the privacy settings.