Social networking sites to be restricted in libraries.

erik_kosberg · #1 08-01-2006, 01:03 PM

ElectricNews.net:News:US poised to ban social networking sites

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Under the Deleting Online Predators Act, any federal institution that receives funding under the E-Rate scheme for computers and internet access will have to put filters in place to prevent access to social networking sites. Access to these sites will only be permitted under adult supervision.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #2 08-01-2006, 01:18 PM

That doesn't just affect libraries, it affects some of my member agencies with residential treatment centers with on-campus schools (they get E-Rate funding). However, they were already blocking MySpace et al for those very same reasons.

realtraveller · #3 08-01-2006, 01:41 PM

If the kids couldn't waste their time surfing MySpace, they might actually read the books in the library. What a concept!

**drmomentum**[$] · #4 08-01-2006, 02:43 PM

*cough*nannystaterepublicans*cough*

**pippadaisy**[$] · #5 08-02-2006, 08:53 AM

What kids are in libraries surfing the web? From my experience, most of them are in their rooms talking to pedophiles.

eris esoteric · #6 08-02-2006, 11:17 AM

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pippadaisy said

What kids are in libraries surfing the web? From my experience, most of them are in their rooms talking to pedophiles.

Pippa, how else are they going to spend that money futilely? Sheesh, you make it sound like the actual point is stopping sexual predators.