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House Passes Ban on Social Site Access
Krishna Dagli writes to mention a C|Net story covering a House of Representatives vote on restricting access to social sites on public terminals. The bill, which passed the House in a 410-15 vote, would bar users from accessing sites like Amazon, MySpace, or Slashdot from terminals in libraries and schools. Adults would be able to 'ask permission' to access such sites. From the article: "'Social networking sites, best known by the popular examples of MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, have literally exploded in popularity in just a few short years,' said Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican and one of DOPA's original sponsors. Now, he added, those Web sites 'have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground.'"
Strange I didn't hear a thing...
Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.
If slashdot is grouped with MySpace does that mean we are also a haven for online sexual predators? Personally, I stick to making women my own uncomfortable.
The cancel button is your friend. Do not hesitate to use it.
"...would bar users from accessing sites like Amazon, MySpace, or Slashdot.....[which] ....have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground."
Of course, because preteen girls are well known for associating themselves with this particular social network.
Argh.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Some weird guy (or gal?) who wanted to root my server.
;)
I was so scared
(S)he also said something about a basement, but that's when I went offline
This is the sig that says NI (again)
...further laws are being passed to restrict childrens access to malls, public swimming baths, schools, streets and thier own homes in an attempt to minimise possible contact with peadophiles.
An anonymous coward was quoted as saying; "Wont someone pleeasse think of the children."
Obviously this law just screams out to be abused. Who defines when a site is social? Does the Democratic party have a forum? I bet that makes them social enough to be blocked. On the other hand though they are blocking MySpace, so this law does have some redeeming qualities.
Forgive me Congress, for I have sinned. I have had impure thoughts that you lot are trying to control the minds of the people. I was greatly disturbed to see the margin of passage as 410-15. But I see I was wrong now. Clearly the people cannot be allowed to think for themselves and anything they wish to do may be construed as a possible connection to the sinister. I beseech thee to absolve me of my moment of falling from grace.
does the offering basket take PayPal?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Thank God! Now that we've banned access to social web sites and
helped to solve the problem of sexual predators, we can get on with
banning access to web sites that criticize the U.S. government so that
we can finally get a handle on the terrorist threat.
My own sites tend to have text boxes for reader comments and guestbooks and things, does this make them havens for sexual predators? Because it'd be terribly unfair if underage kids could somehow get a date through my web presence while I still can't.
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I seem to recall a Supreme Court decision that overturned a similar bill that tried to force public libraries to install porn filters on computers. The court declared it the same brand of censorship as forbidding libraries from lending out certain types of books. Of course, I also seem recall my last visit to the LA Public Library, where a guy was grinning ear to ear as he surfed porn right there on a public terminal. The Library's solution was to install polarizing filters on the displays so that you couldn't accidentally see someone surfing porn (unless you were doing what I did, which was craning my neck to see what the guy was grinning about...) *Sigh*... Democracy at its finest.
And what amazes me the most... Slashdot and sexual predators in the same article. C'mon! we're a bunch of nerds!! Has anyone seen a sexual predator here?
:P
Should I start to get scared?
...is an outright lie. Because it claims that the bill was primarily backed and created by Republicans. And Republicans are for LESS government, not more dammit!!!
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
I can't imagine people are coming here to find people to have sex with... isn't this the haven for people society has determined nobody wants to have sex with you? ;)
p.s. I'll show you my Commander, if you show me your Taco...
"Dude, it was so funny I literally shit my pants!"
"Well, what did you do?"
"What do you mean, dude? I was laughing..."
"I mean, what did you do with your shitty pants?"
"No, dude, I didn't REALLY shit my pants, I LITERALLY shit my pants!"
Cheers,
Ari
Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
Oh, I see. They're going to give the internet a tubal ligation!!
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?