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ORIGINAL: manunkind
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/facebook-password-protection-amendment-congress_n_1384045.html

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans blocked a measure Tuesday night that would have let the Federal Communications Commission prevent employers from forcing workers to reveal their Facebook passwords.

Democrats offered the legislation as part of bill to slap new restrictions on FCC rules after a string of reports about employers insisting on access to social media accounts -- a practice that some senators already want investigated by the Justice Department.

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ORIGINAL: joether

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ORIGINAL: manunkind
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/facebook-password-protection-amendment-congress_n_1384045.html

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans blocked a measure Tuesday night that would have let the Federal Communications Commission prevent employers from forcing workers to reveal their Facebook passwords.

Democrats offered the legislation as part of bill to slap new restrictions on FCC rules after a string of reports about employers insisting on access to social media accounts -- a practice that some senators already want investigated by the Justice Department.

If such a think actually passed (and frankly I dont see that happening thanks to the defenders of America: The Democrats). Then what is the next logical excuse for employers wanting of power over their employees? I would guess it would be any and all financial records. Their bank accounts, financial investments and debts. And have access to all those systems to see just what employee #384 spends in a given month. Yeah, no 'invasion of privacy' here...

I thought the Republicans were the folks that were against 'The Goverment Spying on us'? Apparently, thats just one more principle they have lied about.

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ORIGINAL: manunkind

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/27/facebook-password-protection-amendment-congress_n_1384045.html

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans blocked a measure Tuesday night that would have let the Federal Communications Commission prevent employers from forcing workers to reveal their Facebook passwords.

Democrats offered the legislation as part of bill to slap new restrictions on FCC rules after a string of reports about employers insisting on access to social media accounts -- a practice that some senators already want investigated by the Justice Department.

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ORIGINAL: defiantbadgirl
Republicans want to go on about protecting freedom and then turn around and pull this shit? Hypocrites.

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Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, argued that the Democratic provision did not help.

"You don't protect the consumer," Walden said. "And there are many of us who after this debate concludes and moves on, would be happy to work with you on legislation because I think this is a real issue that we all share, and that is protecting privacy. This doesn't do that."

Walden also referred to the time-lapse between when the FCC writes a rule and when it is published. "In fact, you could open the door where they (the FCC) could allow employers and licensees to go after your stuff and you wouldn't know until they published the rule," he said.

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Why Johnny cant read.....

So, was there any detail on why the bill that would allow FCC to block employers from soliciting passwords was 1. an ineffective bill 2. would do more harm than good if employers were forbidden from soliciting passwords? 3. had some idea of what would be more effective?

Or is that teabagger talk with no fact logic or reason behind it, what the clown said? 

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ORIGINAL: SadistDave

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Why Johnny cant read.....

So, was there any detail on why the bill that would allow FCC to block employers from soliciting passwords was 1. an ineffective bill 2. would do more harm than good if employers were forbidden from soliciting passwords? 3. had some idea of what would be more effective?

Or is that teabagger talk with no fact logic or reason behind it, what the clown said? 

Hi Johnny,

Since you can't read, I'll try to clear it up for you. Perhaps that information is missing for the exact same reasons that the actual proposed legislation is missing. In fact, the story doesn't post any relevant information at all. There isn't even a reference to an actual rule that this legislation would effect. The Huffington posts reporting of this "news" item does not include any actual information from either side. Instead, it relies on quotes and offers nothing in the way of evidence for either side.

It is essentially a blog post, not a news story. Apparently, most of the Huffinton Posts readers are too illiterate and/or ignorant to know the difference between news and propoganda.

-SD-