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The Maryland legislature this month passed a law banning employers from asking employees or applicants to disclose their Facebook passwords, in response to consumer outrage over a practice that appeared to be spreading nationwide. Maryland Department of Public Safety had been asking for social media passwords from applicants If signed by governor, law to become active in October Asking for passwords could violate existing laws and expose employers to discrimination liability   Stinging Backlash The Maryland law comes in response …