From the “bad idea” department:
A new bill called “The Social Networking Web Site Prohibition Act”, and would require that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace are blocked on any computer made available to the public in a plublic (sic) library, and schools must prohibit access on any computer made available to students.
Here’s some details. Setting aside any possible justifications, this is a remarkably short-sighted and out-of-touch proposal. More and more sites are incorporating social-networking features to create more useful sites. Just look at Yelp, Last.fm, Blubrry, LinkedIn, and so on. To restrict people from discovering new restaurants and businesses, music, podcasts or professional contacts through these sites would be a shame.
Furthermore, as some have pointed out, this law would likely block established social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook while allowing newer, upstart social networking sites through the filters. It’s a terrible idea, through and through.
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