Why are employers allowed to demand facebook passwords?

[cheesphht]

They can but legally you don't have to give them anything but your name and address.

The question is will you sue them for it? Many employers simply get away with it because they have in each of their personnel's files a background check that includes how many times a person has sued in court and what for. If you have no record of a law suit anywhere then they know that you are the type that will cave in and many times, this is why you're hired above someone else in the first place.

So, decide if you're going to sue them and don't think that talking to them intelligently about the Constitution is going to work. They know that unless you sue them then your talk means nothing.

But if you decide to sue them go after what they have to have in order to do business - their bond. All incorporations have a bond and if you can get just a $1 judgment of that bond in return for damages then, guess what? They won't ask you for anything, anymore.