Congress looks to ban social networking
Bye Bye MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, as well as all you other social networking sites. Congress is guning for YOU!
A bill recently introduced by congress, The Deleting Online Predators Act, targets social networking and instant messenger services. The bill would require a ban minors from accessing social networking websites, as well as forbid libraries from making such access available.
The “Deleting Online Predators Act” would also require the FCC to publish a sort of annual blacklist of “commercial social networking websites and chat rooms that have been shown to allow sexual predators easy access to personal information of, and contact with, children.”
The definition of social networking is seemingly vague, leaving broad interpretations of what is and is not acceptable.
[any site that] allows users to create web pages or profiles that provide information about themselves and are available to other users; and offers a mechanism for communication with other users, such as a forum, chat room, email, or instant messenger.
Quick someone downlaod a copy of Geroge Orwells 1984
