Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @07:38PM from the including-Obama's dept.

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.

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Who is Bill? by mikearthur · 2007-02-13 22:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm from the UK, so bear with me. I just don't understand why you let people called "Bill" into politics at all. The only thing I seem to hear about them is the problems they keep causing.

Who are these "Bill" characters, and why do they keep causing trouble?