Facebook has recently modified its privacy policy

Facebook has recently revised its privacy policy to prohibit companies and government agencies from viewing the detailed social information of job seekers.

A Facebook user is modifying the privacy settings (Tencent technology map)

In Friday, Facebook's chief privacy officer, Erin Egan, wrote on her blog, "We don't think employers should ask job seekers to provide their password for their account because we don't think it's right." For users, you should not be forced to provide your privacy information and communication in order to get a job, which is why we think it violates the Facebook statement of rights and obligations. "If you violate these terms, Facebook will reserve the right to prohibit you from landing or even deleting the number."

Those who have been plagued by the past will no doubt see the adjustment as a victory. In the past few weeks, some experts have pointed out that it is too much to ask job seekers to provide an account password, and that many U.S. state legislatures have intervened and want to legislate to prohibit such human rights abuses as soon as possible.

Orin Kerr, a professor at George Washington University and a former U.S. federal prosecutor, said, "It's like asking someone to hand over a key to their house, a very shocking privacy violation." "According to the Tuesday AP news report, the legal prohibition of such infringement, is the focus of the legislative motion, Illinois State and Maryland also began in succession."

With the rise of social networks, it has become increasingly common for hiring managers to learn more about job seekers by looking at open Facebook, Twitter, and other websites. But many users, especially Facebook users, have put a lot of information into a private level, which is only developed for some users or circles.

Even companies that do not require users to provide passwords can take other steps, such as requiring job seekers to log on to social networking sites from a company's computer during an interview, so that the HR manager knows. Once employed, some employees will also be required to sign a ban on defamation of corporate agreements (Nondisparagement agreement), thus preventing employees from publishing some negative corporate statements in social media.

It is more common for some public agencies to require job seekers to provide passwords, particularly for law enforcement agencies such as police or 911 dispatchers.

The Facebook adjustment may be seen as an improvement in privacy, but the company still has a long way to go.