Are employers asking job candidates for Facebook passwords?
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This picture taken on July 7, 2009 in Paris, shows the front page of the Facebook website.
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News that potential employers are asking for job candidates' Facebook passwords has caused a firestorm - and everyone from the ACLU to the United States Congress has taken notice.
Matthew Kauffman, investigative reporter for The Hartford Courant, looked into the allegations and said that everything may not be as it seems.
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