Facebook softens its stand on bosses violating applicant privacy

After Facebook privacy chief Erin Egan originally wrote a stern reaction to employers requesting Facebook passwords of prospective employees, a decidedly more conciliatory approach was later by a Facebook spokesperson. They went from "initiating legal action" to a "engaging with policy makers and other stakeholders."

Here's the statement: "We don’t think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their passwords because we don’t think it’s right the thing to do. While we do not have any immediate plans to take legal action against any specific employers, we look forward to engaging with policy makers and other stakeholders, to help better safeguard the privacy of our users."