Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy

Geoffreyerffoeg writes "An article from the National Association of Colleges and Employers contains yet another horror story about a prospective hire's Facebook being checked — with a different twist. The interviewee had enabled privacy on his profile, '[b]ut, during the interview, something he was not prepared for happened. The interviewer began asking specific questions about the content on his Facebook.com listing and the situation became very awkward and uncomfortable. The son had thought only those he allowed to access his profile would be able to do so. But, the interviewer explained that as a state agency, recruiters accessed his Facebook account under the auspices of the Patriot Act.' How can a 'state agency' use the Patriot Act to subpoena a Facebook profile?"

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Re:Lessons learned:

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Lesson 3. Stronger resistance against right-wing intrusiveness is warranted.

Oh, please. Do you really think that in a city, state, or other municipality that is run by officials elected by a majority liberal electorate, with agencies run by political appointees from that camp, that they (the folks hiring new people for even relatively sensitive jobs) would decide not to do background checks? Do you think that liberal-minded schools don't care about the backgrounds of people that will work with kids? Or with cash? Or with law-enforcement details? It's not "right-wing" to do basic fact finding about someone you're about to put in a position of power.