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In general, employers should not request or demand facebook password from job applicants. The one general exception is for law enforcement applicants. It matters if a police applicant is a member of a hate group and is involved in promotion of bias towards minorities or otherwise involved in behavior which is contradictory to unbiased enforcement of the law. Personal bias can have little effect when selling shoes, but it matters when peoples lives and freedom are at stake.