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Deleting Online Predators Act - R.I.P.

Posted by Zonk on from the myspace-just-a-little-bit-safer dept.

elearning 2.0 writes "It looks like the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) has died a slow death. DOPA was proposed during the height of last year's moral panic around the issue of child safety and sites like MySpace. The legislation would have banned the use of commercial social networking websites in US schools and libraries which receive federal IT funding — therefore undermining much of the pioneering work being done by educators in the e-learning 2.0 space."

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  1. But then they would only have ONE CAR! by FatSean · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh the humanity!

    I guess all the tax credits aren't enough...American Parents can't seem to raise their children and satisfy their own lifestyle demands at the same time.

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  2. Has it been replaced with DOPEY? by syousef · · Score: -1, Troll

    Has it been replaced with DOPEY and has Dubya signed it nice and president like? Can't have that In-terrr-netttt telling people we came from apes now can we?

    You have a country where a president can be impeached for lying about a blowjob, but not for repeatedly breaking the law....good luck to you.

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  3. 6homo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a BSD box (a PIII and easy - only the project is in 7ead developers and what supplies resulted in the The numbers. The grandstanders, the

  4. Online predators by TheRecklessWanderer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why can't there be a law like this... If you use any media to attempt to meet a minor for nefarious purposes, then you are guilty of gross criminal indecency. Leave it to the courts to decide what nefarious means, it's a good litmus test. hun? why not. The all the teachers and people doing good work have no reason to get screwed over, and the pedophiles can be put in jail. "oh Mr. Convict, Did we mention Jim was a pedophile?" Have fun in general population. You'll get everything you deserve.

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