Prevent further “participation gap” between have’s and have not’s
DOPA, or the “Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006″, would limit access from public places to all sorts of social networking and social media sites by minors, including libraries and schools. If you have not heard of DOPA - check out this excellent article about this horrible piece of legislation at the MIT Technology Review.
Once you’ve read it, you will probably want to sign this petition to stop those morons from continuing to screw with this new digital medium which many legislators do not understand and most likely fear.
If you are interested in more reading on this - check out MIT Henry Jenkins post on “What DOPA Means for Education”, as well as social network guru danah boyd’s writings on the subject.
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