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Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by Rattle at 9:00 am EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
A Georgia senator worried about the safety of young teenagers who log on to Internet social networking sites such as MySpace.com and FaceBook.com has proposed a bill that would force such companies to tighten up their access to minors. The measure would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission. Senate Bill 59 also would force MySpace.com and FaceBook.com to allow parents or guardians to have access to their children’s Web pages at all times.
Here we go again... If owners or operators of a company failed to comply with the proposed law, they would be guilty of a misdemeanor on the first offense. A second offense would be a felony and could lead to imprisonment for between one and five years and a fine up to $50,000 or both. Staton said the bill does not tell the companies exactly how to ensure that minors don’t log on without parental permission. The companies can figure that out on their own, he said. “They can find a way to do this,” Staton said. “That’s my challenge to them.”
Ok, so let me get this straight. We would be breaking the law, until which point some method was devised to guarantee the age of our users. Currently, all we can do is ask users their age, and we do that. This is no different from COPPA, only the age is higher, and there is no way to not wind up committing a felony. What kind of challenge is this? Another challenge to see if we can get a badly thought out bill killed? |
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RE: Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by skullaria at 9:38 pm EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
I guess it is easier to go after an internet site than to tackle the REAL problems facing this country. We've got enough laws. I like to hear what kids have to say sometimes. (Except when it is my own and he's boring me to death with video game drivel.) This is just stupid. |
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Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by Decius at 11:29 am EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
A Georgia senator worried about the safety of young teenagers who log on to Internet social networking sites such as MySpace.com and FaceBook.com has proposed a bill that would force such companies to tighten up their access to minors. The measure would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission. Senate Bill 59 also would force MySpace.com and FaceBook.com to allow parents or guardians to have access to their children’s Web pages at all times.
Oh great. Looks like this is going to be an interesting few months. Here is the bill. |
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RE: Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by Hijexx at 1:37 pm EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
Decius wrote: A Georgia senator worried about the safety of young teenagers who log on to Internet social networking sites such as MySpace.com and FaceBook.com has proposed a bill that would force such companies to tighten up their access to minors. The measure would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission. Senate Bill 59 also would force MySpace.com and FaceBook.com to allow parents or guardians to have access to their children’s Web pages at all times.
Oh great. Looks like this is going to be an interesting few months. Here is the bill.
When does this come up for vote? I don't see how this could be enforced. Say it was passed, and now Memestreams has to comply. You have to now add some logic that checks if their DOB is < 18 years from today. If so, you now have fields for the parents? Contact #'s for the parents? Does this become like the old BBS days where you voice verified? What's to stop A) False DOB B) False parental information? So the person you call back is their older sibling and they say, "Sure, go ahead." Now how do you deliver the credentials to the parents? Do the parents have to login first to begin with? This bill has no details whatsoever. What generally happens with these? Are these bills generally "function prototypes" for lack of a better word that are later fleshed out after adopted? Very curious to see how this goes. I'm guessing it will be shot down without a second thought based on how poorly it is authored, but you never know. |
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RE: Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by Decius at 1:40 pm EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
Hijexx wrote:
This bill has no details whatsoever. What generally happens with these? Are these bills generally "function prototypes" for lack of a better word that are later fleshed out after adopted?
I have a hard time taking this seriously, but I've learned not to underestimate the stupidity of state legislatures. |
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RE: Senator wants restrictions on social networking sites | Capitol Updates
by Shannon at 4:42 pm EST, Jan 30, 2007 |
Hijexx wrote: Decius wrote: A Georgia senator worried about the safety of young teenagers who log on to Internet social networking sites such as MySpace.com and FaceBook.com has proposed a bill that would force such companies to tighten up their access to minors. The measure would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission. Senate Bill 59 also would force MySpace.com and FaceBook.com to allow parents or guardians to have access to their children’s Web pages at all times.
Oh great. Looks like this is going to be an interesting few months. Here is the bill.
When does this come up for vote? I don't see how this could be enforced. Say it was passed, and now Memestreams has to comply. You have to now add some logic that checks if their DOB is < 18 years from today. If so, you now have fields for the parents? Contact #'s for the parents? Does this become like the old BBS days where you voice verified? What's to stop A) False DOB B) False parental information? So the person you call back is their older sibling and they say, "Sure, go ahead." Now how do you deliver the credentials to the parents? Do the parents have to login first to begin with? This bill has no details whatsoever. What generally happens with these? Are these bills generally "function prototypes" for lack of a better word that are later fleshed out after adopted? Very curious to see how this goes. I'm guessing it will be shot down without a second thought based on how poorly it is authored, but you never know.
You can contact GoDaddy and have them delete the internet. |
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