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.'"

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Those that voted Nay

[Anonymous Coward]

Here are the ones that voted against this bill.

Conyers
Grijalva
Hinchey
Honda
Kucinich
Lee
Lofgren, Zoe
McDermott
Payne
Schakowsky
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Stark
Watson
Woolsey

And the ones that didn't vote.

Capito
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
Evans
Istook
McKinney

If your representative voted for this bill, you might consider smacking them upside the head come the election.

Re:Yet another way the poor kids get left out

[elrous0]

No, your mother was always there to feed me.

-Eric

Re:Yet another way the poor kids get left out

[Roody Blashes]

In effect you're an anarchist. I reject your entire political philosophy on practical grounds and therefore refuse to accept your argument.

You are entitled to your opinion. I think your opinion is ignorant and reflects an extreme lack of basic common sense and experience. I am entitled to that opinion.

Our discussion is now over because, based on the differing fundamental beliefs, we can never come to a compromise.

Good day.

Re:Such Optimisim...

[Roody Blashes]

You have no idea what you're talking about. When you've bothered to read and understand this bill and COPA, which it largely relies on for legality and relevance, feel free to come back and chatter about this story. Until then, you're obviously completely uninformed on the subject, and I'm not going to sit here and educate on every tiny detail everything you say something stupid like "they could simply be pricks about it".

Here's a clue for you. For years there were laws on the books, Jim Crow laws, which were finally all struck down in the 1950's and 1960's. Nothing wrong immediately goes away just because it is wrong. Even this Gitmo anti-Geneva Convention fiasco has denied people Due Process for years. These things need to be fought before they are passed into law.

Then file a court challenge if it passes and shut up.