On Facebook and Twitter, State Representative Darryl Scott (D – Dover) announced that he has introduced legislation that will not allow employers, potential employers or school officials to ask people for their social media login login and password information.

Today I filed legislation (HB 308 and 309) that would prohibit an employer from requiring or asking a job applicant or worker for their social networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) login and password information.

There have been stories of employers doing this during the job interview, which is an invasion of privacy and basically an ultimatum. More than a third of adult internet users have at least one social networking site, so this is not a small group of people potentially affected.