Online accounts would be off-limits to employers

LITTICE BACON-BLOOD
Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) – A proposed Louisiana law would ban employers and school officials from demanding access to the personal online accounts of potential employees or students.

The House Commerce Committee backed the proposal Monday.

The measure by Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, would prohibit retribution against those who refuse a request for access to their email, Facebook pages and other personal online sites.

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