Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites

AlexDV writes "Library blogger Michael Stephens is reporting that an Illinois state senator, Matt Murphy (R-27, Palatine), has filed a bill that 'Creates the Social Networking Web site Prohibition Act. Provides that each public library must prohibit access to social networking Web sites on all computers made available to the public in the library. Provides that each public school must prohibit access to social networking Web sites on all computers made available to students in the school.' Here is the bill's full text." This local effort harks back to an attempt last May to get federal legislation banning school and library use of social networking sites (Wikipedia summary here). The DOPA bill passed the House but died in the Senate.

Comments

Re:Good.

[jcr]

. The point of a library is to educate and assist the public, even/especially those who wouldn't be able to afford similar services.

Public use means just that, not public use that meets with the approval of the poster to whom I was replying. The emo kiddies he was bitching about are just as entitled as he is to use the machines in question.

-jcr

Re:think of the children!

[tha_mink]

Still, it's public libraries. The can choose which books to carry and which to "ban" and they should be able to choose which sites to ban as well. It's their network, who cares. If you want to rock your my space page, buy a computer. What's the problem? People see the work "ban" and "public library" and they get all bothered. What's the problem?