For the FBI specifically
I have been following polygraph policy at various federal agencies, including the FBI, for more than 25 years, and to the best of my knowledge, FBI applicants are not routinely asked about their social media accounts as part of the polygraph process. If anyone knows otherwise, I would be interested to hear about that.
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In polygraph…just about anything is fair game. If you bring it up.
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Spot. On. When told yes or no answers only…and asked an open ended question…tell them “yes no answers only”. Not saying hide anything…but dont take the session down paths it wouldn’t go.
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An interesting case (1977) where a convicted murderer was exonerated and set free, in part due to the prosecution referring in court to a police-initiated polygraph test that the defendant had failed. [People v Morris, 77 Mich. App. 561; 258 N.W. 2d 559 (1977), the Court dealt with police misconduct, but not prosecutorial misconduct, and upheld dismissal on due process grounds.] There are very interesting aspects to that murder case beyond dismissal due to the prosecution mentioning the failed polygraph. However the point is that the polygraph test is so unreliable, the court’s prosecution is not allowed to even refer to it, much less produce the polygraph findings in court. Regardless of that, to my knowledge and understanding social media operations like facebook have been encouraged by the covert services, so that OSINT on individuals may be more easily accessed, collated, and reviewed.