Imagine a world in which it’s illegal for an employer to get info about a job applicant on Facebook. That’s the world Germany might live in. On Wednesday, the German cabinet will consider a new law to keep bosses from sniffing around in prospective employees’ social media pages. The law, however, will still let them Google applicants.
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