The Virginia ACLU warned the Virginia State Police on Tuesday that it might be violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution by requiring trooper applicants to make available their social media accounts during the hiring process.
The practice of forcing job applicants to reveal their private communications to employers "is facing tough public criticism and legal scrutiny," ACLU Executive Director Kent Willis said in a statement, adding that the government should not be allowed to force its way into "our most intimate and confidential communications."
In a letter faxed Tuesday to Virginia State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty, ACLU of Virginia Legal Director Rebecca K. Glenberg asked that state police discontinue the practice, described as "shoulder surfing."
"Absent a concrete reason to believe that a potential employee is engaged in wrongdoing of which his Facebook account is likely to contain evidence, these communications are simply none of the VSP's business," Glenberg wrote.
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Source: timesdispatch.com
By: Mark Bowes
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