San Jose’s Campos suspends effort to extend social media privacy to government workers

After success passing a law that bars private employers from demanding social media passwords from employees and job applicants, San Jose Assemblywoman Nora Campos has suspended efforts to extend those protections to government workers. The powerful Assembly Speaker pro tempore ran into a fusillade from critics including the state's police chiefs, district attorneys and the League of California Cities. They argued her Assembly Bill 25 would hurt government employers' ability to properly screen applicants for law enforcement and other sensitive jobs and promotions.