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DOPA returns from the dead (act two): DOPA returns from the dead act twoPoliticians #1 abusive statement..."It's for the Children".These people make me sick when they do this. It's the #1 political scapegoat of the professional politician.And they should be ashamed of themselves. THEY are the one's abusing our children with this nonsense, and it...; Tags: DoPa; Discussion threads 2007-02-14
DOPA returns from the dead (act two): More DOPA-esque legislation is being proposed, this time by Illinois state senator, Matt Murphy. As with the failed Delete Online Predators Act, the Social Networking Web Site Prohibition Act would ban access to social networking sites in public schools and libraries. At this stage, its not clear how the proposed...; Tags: e-learning, Politics 2.0, Social Networks; Blog posts 2007-02-14
Call to fight DOPA in Senate: Call to fight DOPA in SenateB.S.My tax dollars pay for libraries and hence whatever internet access they may supply. I'm an online business owner and if for whatever reason I want to take advantage of the library's wi-fi, I should not be hampered from having IM conversations with customers...; Tags: INTERNET, Benefits, DoPa, U.S. Senate; Discussion threads 2006-09-13
Call to fight DOPA in Senate: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is leading a grass-roots efforts to block passage of the Deleting Online Predators Act. Passed by the House earlier this year, the bill is up for Senate action now that Congress has returned for a final session before the elections. The proposal would...; Tags: DoPa; Blog posts 2006-09-12
DOPA bill would require schools to restrict online usage: MySpace.com and its ilk got a major fingerwagging recently as politicians accused the social networking sites of failing to protect minors from sexual predators and other bad social influences, reports News.com. A House subcommittee debated whether schools and libraries should require some form of Internet ID that would bar...; Tags: DoPa; Blog posts 2006-07-12

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Deleting Online Predators bill revived: After espousing the evils of MySpace, some presidential hopefuls are now busily posting their personal profiles in order to increase their exposure, reports eSchool News. In spite of last years vote in favor of forcing libraries and schools who receive federal funding to nix MySpace, Republicans Duncan Hunter...; Tags: INTERNET, Web site development, Web technology, Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace; Blog posts 2007-03-22
News to know: Office 14; Google's ad quality; iPhone copycat: Notable headlines: U.S. servers slurp more power than Mississippi.Vista Hands On #3: Check your disk before upgrading.How to avoid a FAT nightmare when upgrading to Vista.Text of Email to all Yahoos. Yahoo copies Digg, suffers the consequences. It takes two to Tango. Office 14: Think first half of 2009.EFF takes...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-02-15
DOPA returns from the dead: It seems I was a little premature in writing an obituary for the Delete Online Predators Act DOPA. Senator Ted "the Internets a bunch of tubes" Stevens has introduced a new bill, much of which, as Andy Carvin reports, has a rather DOPA-esque ring to it.The Protecting Children in the...; Tags: Social Networks, e-learning, Delete Online Predators Act; Blog posts 2007-01-29
Deleting Online Predators Act: R.I.P.: It looks like the Deleting Online Predators Act DOPA has died a slow death. DOPA was proposed during the height of last years moral panic around the issue of child safety and sites like MySpace. The legislation would have banned the use of commercial social networking websites in US schools...; Tags: Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace, Social Networks; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Candidate wants to expand online child predator stings: A candidate for the Republican nomination for Ohio Attorney General is championing a proposal to expand online sting operations for child predators, the Dayton Daily News reports. Calling it the Targeting Online Predators Priority (TOP Priority, get it?), candidate Betty Montgomery, currently the state's chief auditor, held a news...; Tags: Xenia, child predator; Blog posts 2006-08-30
Congress returns to vote on DOPA: When Congress returns to session after Labor Day, one of the edtech items at the top of the agenda will be the Deleting Online Predators Act DOPA, which purports to protect students by outright banning the use of virtually all modern Internet services, eSchoolNews reports. The House approved the bill...; Tags: Deleting Online Predators Act; Blog posts 2006-08-24
Microsoft lands Facebook ad deal: Microsoft lands Facebook ad dealBill's MySpace, its MySpace Bill DOPAThe Deleting Online Predators Act would force schools and libraries to block access to online chat and social networking. DOPA is often called the "MySpace Bill" and it would require schools and libraries to filter access to chat and social networking...; Tags: INTERNET, Facebook, advertisement, Bill DOPA, social networking, MySpace; Discussion threads 2006-08-23
Danah Boyd on DOPA bill: Danah Boyd's blog post about the DOPA legislation cogently represents the young person's view of online rights and responsibility: This legislation broadly defines social network sites as anything that includes a Profile plus an ability to communicate with strangers. It covers social networking sites, chatrooms, bulletin boards. Obviously, the...; Tags: INTERNET, MySpace; Blog posts 2006-05-15
Republican bill would ban social networking from schools, libraries: Republican bill would ban social networking from schools, librariesIf this passes ...... I expect it won't survive a Supreme Court challenge because, like so much similar 'failed' legislation, it will unduly restrict legitimate use by adults without providing sufficient protections for minors.Ban on Social NetworkingAnother attempt by far right extreme...; Tags: network, predator, social networking; Discussion threads 2006-05-12
Republican bill would ban social networking from schools, libraries: Schools and libraries would effectively have to ban students and patrons from MySpace and other social networking sites if a Republican sponsored bill becomes law, News.com is reporting. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, ... and fellow Republicans, including House Speaker Dennis Hastert, on Wednesday endorsed...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Michael Fitzpatrick, Web, Web site, networking, social networking; Blog posts 2006-05-11