Illinois proposes new legislation
MySpace Bill Would Make Talking To Minors A Crime:
(CBS) PLAINFIELD, Ill. With more teenagers and young adults posting profiles on MySpace.com, state lawmakers are looking for a way to make it safer.
State Rep. Tom Cross (R-Oswego) is introducing a bill that would give police more power to track child pornography on those Web sites.
“This legislation is designed to recognize that which goes on,” said Cross. “We’re in a different age than we were 10 or 15 years ago and we have to adapt.”
Under current law, explicit sexual communications over the Internet with a minor is not a crime, but Cross’s bill is also trying to change that. Several law enforcment agencies now have investigators tracking activity on networking Web sites. But authorities say they also need the help of parents.
“You put a computer in your kid’s bedroom with the door shut. You might as well give them a loaded gun,” said Will County State’s Attorney William Glasgow.
Cross’s bill would also allow schools to discipline students for their conduct on the Internet.
I don’t like allowing schools to discipline students for something that happens outside of schoo unless it’s intent was to disrupt the school.
Your thoughts?
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Beau
Jul 29, 2006 at 4:11 pm
I’m assuming, although it was an ambiguous statement, that the schools would only discipline students for inappropriate use of the schools computers.
“You put a computer in your kid’s bedroom with the door shut. You might as well give them a loaded gun,”. Hahaha! What an asshole.