Facebook Password Privacy Amendment Defeated

Efforts by Congress to block employers from requiring employees or potential employees to surrender their passwords for Facebook and other social networks hit a stumbling block Wednesday, when a Facebook user protection amendment submitted by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) did not pass the House of Representatives.

Efforts by Congress to block employers from requiring employees or potential employees to surrender their passwords for Facebook and other social networks hit a stumbling block Wednesday, when a Facebook user protection amendment submitted by Representative Ed Perlmutter of Colorado did not pass the House of Representatives.

The amendment lost by a vote of 236 to 184, and only one Republican voted in favor of it, TechCrunch reported, adding that had it passed, an extra section would have been added to the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012, which would have allowed the FCC to prevent employers from requesting passwords from employees or potential employees.

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