http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20443117/maryland-first-state-ban-employers-from-demanding-workers

Hello my friends! I cannot believe that there are only two more weeks of class left in the semester! It has gone by very fast and we will soon be Sophomores and Juniors. But the my post today is not about how times fly, but it is about my post from last week. There has finally been a state that has stepped up to the plate to ban companies from demanding that their employees give their social media passwords up when the go to work. This state is: Maryland. The measure, which handily passed the legislature earlier this month, keeps managers from snooping on password-protected content, a practice advocates of the bill say violates privacy and intimidates job seekers and employees. This is extremely important for the work force because now there is a presedent in place. Other states can look to this and make decisions on whether or not they want to impose this same law to protect their citizens. To me, this is a major step to start to win this war against the companies. With this new law in place, it really shows that there is actually some people out there protecting our freedoms. What the companies were doing was compleyely wrong, and I for one and glad there is something being done about this. In the future, I hope that there will be more states that will adopt this law so there will be protection for us when we get into the workforce once we graduate.  

PJ