ulation ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁in ▁the ▁work place . ▁States ▁including ▁Ark ansas , ▁California , ▁Colorado , ▁Illinois , ▁Maryland , ▁Michigan , ▁Nev ada , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁Ut ah , ▁Washington , ▁and ▁Wisconsin ▁have ▁passed ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁protect s ▁potential ▁employees ▁and ▁current ▁employees ▁from ▁employ ers ▁that ▁demand ▁that ▁they ▁provide ▁their ▁us ern ames ▁and / or ▁passwords ▁for ▁any ▁social ▁media ▁accounts . ▁Use ▁of ▁social ▁media ▁by ▁young ▁people ▁has ▁caused ▁significant ▁problems ▁for ▁some ▁applic ants ▁who ▁are ▁active ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁when ▁they ▁try ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁job ▁market . ▁A ▁survey ▁of ▁ 1 7 , 0 0 0 ▁young ▁people ▁in ▁six ▁countries ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁found ▁that ▁ 1 ▁in ▁ 1 0 ▁people ▁aged ▁ 1 6 ▁to ▁ 3 4 ▁have ▁been ▁rejected ▁for ▁a ▁job ▁because ▁of ▁online ▁comments ▁they ▁made ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁websites . ▁ ▁Use ▁in ▁school ▁adm issions ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁an ▁issue ▁in ▁the ▁work place ▁but ▁an ▁issue ▁in ▁post - second ary ▁school ▁adm issions ▁as ▁well . ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁situations ▁where ▁students ▁have ▁been ▁forced ▁to ▁give ▁up ▁their ▁social ▁media ▁passwords ▁to ▁school ▁administr ators . ▁There ▁are ▁in ade qu ate ▁laws ▁to ▁protect ▁a ▁student ' s ▁social ▁media ▁priv acy , ▁and ▁organizations ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁A CL U ▁are ▁pushing ▁for ▁more ▁priv acy ▁protection , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁invasion . ▁They ▁ur ge