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Michigan Passes Law to Protect Social Media Accounts
Michigan passed a bill on Friday that prohibits employers and schools from asking employees and students for login information to their personal social media accounts.
House Bill 5523, signed by Governor Rick Snyder and introduced by state Rep. Aric Nesbitt, "prohibit[s] employers and educational institutions from requiring certain individuals to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of personal internet accounts."
This means an employer or institution cannot require that you provide them with your username or passwords for sites like Facebook and Twitter. The bill is known as the "internet privacy protection act."
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