news.yahoo.com— MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, Bebo and other social networking sites would be banned from schools and libraries in the U.S., if a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.
Aug 1, 2006View in Crawl 4
so?schools for learnin, they can do wtf ever they want. my high school had a lock on the internet connection -- no internet allowed for students, but noone cried about that.a resounding "meh", i say.
Good, maybe it will force people to post *actual* web pages and make *actual* links to each other on the straight ol' Internet itself. Not continue to pretend that a shell service like MySpace is the place to do these things. Before MySpace there was the web. You could post a web page, make links to your friend's web pages, post music, pictures, videos, and all sorts of neat things. People who oooooh and ahhhh over MySpace not "getting" one can do all the same things without, are just plain "weird". The same folks who thought AOL was the Internet I reckon.But seriously, as a web hosting service, folks could easily create MySpace accounts that represent completely legitimate free speech movements and organizations the same way a web page might. So how can anyone consider banning them from libraries? What if the Conservatives for Better Education or Liberals for Better Families decide to make a MySpace account their official website? Will this mean you can't access them at a public library? And let's not get crazy anyway. We're talking the House of Representatives. These people try to pass all sorts of crazy bills that never make it to the Senate. It's the closest operating federal legislative body to nuts on the street. It means nothing unless there are clear signs of this bill gaining traction.
Ok, ok, ok, everyone's getting upset, right.If kids want to access friend networking sites, and if they're at the least bit smart, they'll host their own proxy on their own web server. (like me)
Whatever happened to states' rights? I hate slavery, but I'm about to get mighty Confederate on the House. Let the states decide if they want to ban these sites, and let the State courts deem such decisions as unconstitutional if they are so.
Awesome. Simply awesome. Kids are in school to learn, and even without these sites they already have plenty of other distractions at their disposal. This isn't about free speech, it's about 'a time and place for everything'.
coming from a students point of view, kids spend a lot more time trying to find away around Myspace through proxy's and other things, then if i was not blocked at all, most kids would go in-check the things that need checked and go back to whatever needs to be done. rather the whole thing is blocked and students spend all of there time trying o get round it. and if the federal gov. is helping companys out but they put restrictions on it, it seems a Little faulty
noodlezAug 1, 2006
so?schools for learnin, they can do wtf ever they want. my high school had a lock on the internet connection -- no internet allowed for students, but noone cried about that.a resounding "meh", i say.
Closed AccountAug 2, 2006
Good, maybe it will force people to post *actual* web pages and make *actual* links to each other on the straight ol' Internet itself. Not continue to pretend that a shell service like MySpace is the place to do these things. Before MySpace there was the web. You could post a web page, make links to your friend's web pages, post music, pictures, videos, and all sorts of neat things. People who oooooh and ahhhh over MySpace not "getting" one can do all the same things without, are just plain "weird". The same folks who thought AOL was the Internet I reckon.But seriously, as a web hosting service, folks could easily create MySpace accounts that represent completely legitimate free speech movements and organizations the same way a web page might. So how can anyone consider banning them from libraries? What if the Conservatives for Better Education or Liberals for Better Families decide to make a MySpace account their official website? Will this mean you can't access them at a public library? And let's not get crazy anyway. We're talking the House of Representatives. These people try to pass all sorts of crazy bills that never make it to the Senate. It's the closest operating federal legislative body to nuts on the street. It means nothing unless there are clear signs of this bill gaining traction.
kevinrowesAug 3, 2006
Ok, ok, ok, everyone's getting upset, right.If kids want to access friend networking sites, and if they're at the least bit smart, they'll host their own proxy on their own web server. (like me)
teejayvanslykeAug 3, 2006
Whatever happened to states' rights? I hate slavery, but I'm about to get mighty Confederate on the House. Let the states decide if they want to ban these sites, and let the State courts deem such decisions as unconstitutional if they are so.
tech42erAug 3, 2006
I heard that Amazon could be included in the broad language of the bill.
Closed AccountAug 3, 2006
Awesome. Simply awesome. Kids are in school to learn, and even without these sites they already have plenty of other distractions at their disposal. This isn't about free speech, it's about 'a time and place for everything'.
broadway101Aug 19, 2006
coming from a students point of view, kids spend a lot more time trying to find away around Myspace through proxy's and other things, then if i was not blocked at all, most kids would go in-check the things that need checked and go back to whatever needs to be done. rather the whole thing is blocked and students spend all of there time trying o get round it. and if the federal gov. is helping companys out but they put restrictions on it, it seems a Little faulty
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tkromoFeb 26, 2009
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ofweshOct 16, 2011
Banning might be a bit extreme, maybe only allowing a limited number of computers to have access to social media sites might be the way to go