Web Safety Legislation: Writing It Right
NetChoice policy counsel Braden Cox posted an interesting item on the group's blog about a bill that passed out of the Louisiana legislature last week that was created to deal with social networking and Internet safety. The bill demonstrates what NetChoice believes is a trend toward comprehensive legislation that addresses education, law enforcement and parental empowerment.
In his post, Cox wrote that the bill, now on Gov. Bobby Jindal’s desk, "was well thought through and not a knee-jerk publicity-friendly response." Most early attempts to take on Web safety "showed little understanding of how the social networking sites worked, how individuals interacted, and the realities of the threats of online predators," he said.
Measures that require age and parental verification are "unworkable and ineffective, and would have the unintended consequence of giving parents and kids a false sense of security," Cox wrote. States like Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, and Illinois have introduced such bills. All were scuttled.
Read his full NetChoice blog post here and for a full listing of Web safety measures that NetChoice supports, click here.
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