Recently, the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee voted 5-1 to support a draft bill (SB 186) which would prohibit employers from requesting access to employees' private social media accounts.

The draft bill would prohibit an employer from requesting the user name, password, or any other means of accessing the social media account of an employee or prospective employee, if the social media account's contents are not available to the general public.

Many states have already passed similar legislation.

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