Politicians Target Social Sites For Restrictions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday May 11, 2006 @03:21AM from the if-you-can-see-this-you're-already-in-trouble dept.

cnet-declan writes "Politicians are looking for reasons to convince citizens to vote in November, and polls say suburban parents are worried about the internet. Wednesday top House Republicans announced a bill to make 'social' Web sites unreachable from schools and libraries. The bill is intended to go after MySpace, but the actual text of the legislation covers sites that let users 'create profiles' and have a 'forum' for conversations -- which would include Slashdot and many blog sites. House Speaker Dennis Hastert claims it's necessary to stop 'dangerous predators' out here on the Interweb."

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Re:It's that time again... by MikeBabcock · 2006-05-11 03:42 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Anyone got statistics on the number of women abused in the USA every year that are looking for help?

How about child predator cases?

How about looking for information on birth control / abortion / legal help / etc. that one can't do at home for fear of possible reprisals?

Is there some reason politicians can't realize there are a large number of people needing anonymous access to resources and they aren't all predators?

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