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Inside many schools across the country, MySpace.com is a dirty word. But does that have to be the case for all social networking Web sites? Many administrators have chosen to block access to MySpace, the Internet’s most popular social networking site, judging its content to be inappropriate for schools. Now, as more social networking tools like blogs and wikis are developed for classroom use, technology directors face a difficult dilemma: how to balance the educational benefits of these new tools with concerns about student privacy and safety. -
2voteThe Internet Censorship FAQ was created by Jonathan Wallace and Mark Mangan, co-authors of Sex, Laws and Cyberspace, a new book on Internet censorship from Henry Holt. Some of the material in the following is taken from the book. The Table of Contents and internal links were added by August Brunsman. Please redistribute this FAQ freely in relevant forums.
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1voteInternet free speech advocates won a major victory when the Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act, finding that "the interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship." The ink was barely dry on the Court's decision when some started touting a new approach to regulating online content -- "filtering
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1voteFull text of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (DOPA, jr.).
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1voteThe Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), approved Wednesday by an overwhelming margin of 410 to 15, now moves on to the Senate. While it's easy to understand why Congress would approve a bill like this, it is ill-conceived because, rather than "deleting" online predators, it deletes the ability of schools and libraries to determine whether kids can constructively take advantage of social networking and other interactive services that are extremely popular among teens. Maybe the law should be called DOTA (the Deleting Online Teenagers Act)?
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1voteWhile i was off getting my eyes zapped, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) introduced a new bill into the Senate called "Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act" (S49). It has all of DOPA in it and then some. This time, it's squashed between some small changes to child porn legislation (upping the fines namely) and restrictions on the sale of children's personal information for marketing purposes. It's just as infuriating and i can't stomach the idea of going through these discussions again. God, i'd make a terrible politician.
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1voteIt's easy to understand why people would be skeptical, or even suspicious, of anything Alaska Senator Ted Stevens introduces into Congress these days, especially if it involves the Internet – or, the tubes and all that. But the simply-titled Senate Bill 49, which some have called "Son of DOPA" or "DOPA Jr.," may not be as bad as its made out
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1voteThis website is dedicated to discussing the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (PCDOPA) and the Social Networking Website Prohibition Act (ILLDOPA) . This site provides one central location on the Internet for everything related to DOPA and other proposed legislation to control social-networking, blogging, chat room websites and other social media.
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