Setting aside the issue of how stupid it is to post things on FB that you wouldn’t want certain people to see, the idea of an employer demanding to have access to a personal site is outlandish. It’s the equivalent of their requiring access to your gmail account.
That said, the media is not writing these stories well. The impression in many instances is that employers are asking for passwords. That would be ridiculous; they want to view the pages. I have yet to see one company named that has asked for login information, but that doesn’t stop the media from reporting it as an emerging phenomenon.
My hunch is that Facebook is an innuendo machine, manufacturing “relationships” that don’t exist based upon presumptuous data analysis. People are constantly getting “invites” from people who have not necessarily contacted them. If so, regardless of what you post or do not, a “virtual profile” can be said to exist.
My hunch is that Facebook is an innuendo machine, manufacturing “relationships” that don’t exist based upon presumptuous data analysis. People are constantly getting “invites” from people who have not necessarily contacted them. If so, regardless of what you post or do not, a “virtual profile” can be said to exist.