Buzz Building Over Web Safety Task Force
From CongressDaily's PM edition on Wednesday:
A key player in the online safety community rejected an invitation late Tuesday to participate in a task force announced last month by 49 state attorneys general and the social-networking site MySpace. The Internet Education Foundation, a group that coordinates the work of the advisory committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus, said its workload is too large to take part.
The foundation said in a statement that it also fears the efforts of the multi-stakeholder panel will be overpowered by age-verification technology companies. "From the outset we expressed our concern with financial interests of vendors clouding the sober judgment of this important work," IEF said. "We sincerely hope that the task force will be able to conduct its research in a civil and sober manner."
An announcement about the task force's membership is expected Thursday, sources said. Internet businesses, nonprofits, academics and technology firms have been asked to participate.
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