What do you think about Companies & Goverment's interference in Social Networking?

[Jessica]

You're in the wrong category.

However, I think that this practice was thought up by someone who doesn't know how social network sites work, and also feels threatened by the sites. In fact, most sites will have, as a condition of use, that the the user keep control of his/her password. And if someone simply friends a company...then that someone should just move that "friend" onto the "special" list, the list that doesn't get to see anything else.

I have a FB account, but only to squat on my real life name (which isn't this one). If a prospective employer wanted my password, I'd let Facebook know about it, because this company is probably wanting to use its employees' (and prospective employees') accounts in order to spam their friends.

I'd view a company that wanted my password as a company that I didn't want to work for. I mean, if a company engages in certain unscrupulous behaviors, I view it as a red flag.