A bill has been proposed in the Georgia State Senate which would require social networking websites, possibly including MemeStreams, to verify that minors who create accounts have parental permission. In practice this would mean that any Georgia website, no matter how benign, which allows users to create profiles, would be required to implement as yet undefined age validation procedures for all new users.

We beleive that this proposal is a bad idea for a number of different reasons. We composed the following open letter to the sponsors of the legislation in an attempt to articulate our concerns.

Very well put Tom. Hope you get positive results from this.

I cannot believe he had the nerve to actually said this:

"They can find a way to do this," Staton said. "That's my challenge to them."

Talk about being out of your league.

MemeStreams response to Georgia Senate Bill 59 - 2007