House Misfires On Internet Safety
US House passes bill to restrict social software

The internet itself is social software. The power of the network is the network of people and their ideas it creates. If you take away the 'social networking' tools, what are you left with? Boring one way 'broadcasting' services and a lousy shopping mall that can't include customer product reviews.

The bill doesn't stop social networking sites from existing, but stops people from accessing them from public spaces like the library or schools.

How stupid is that?

andre