Financial Industry Regulatory Authority seeks exemptions to state laws barring employers from monitoring employees’ social media accounts. FINRA says it wants to ensure that employees comply with company policies. The Wall Street Journal on Monday was the first to report on Wall Street’s efforts to carve out exemptions in state laws on social media monitoring. Several states, including Illinois, California, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Delaware, have implemented privacy laws that bar employers from asking job seekers and employees for usernames and passwords to their personal accounts.”]