Save Our Social Networks (SOS)
I hope you’ve enjoyed our site - Congress wants this to be your last visit. Legislation was recently proposed that bans social networking. Come again? HR 5319 uses extremely broad language to define social networking sites and would even ban websites that are used for positive, professional and social experiences. Wait..what?
The Mobilize.org team wants to ensure you that we are doing everything we can to fight Congress and to Save Our Social Networks but we need your help. Don’t let the traditional political powers ban our new organizing technology. We’ve created this movement, and we’re going to fight for it.
Visit www.mobilize.org/SOS to send Congress a message, tell your friends, and get mad.
And remember, Congress does NOT want you to forward this message.
posted by Mobilizing America's Youth at 5:44 PM
10 Comments:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5319:
That is HR 5319, the bill against which you are campaigning so fervently.
You read the bill, and saw nothing but "...prohibits access to a commercial social networking website or chat room through which minors..." But, being the morons that you are, you neglected to also check the Communications Act of 1934, into which that sentence, among the others, will be inserted as soon as Congress passes this bill, which they will. (All the publicity you guys are kicking up is really going to turn out a lot of parents who, y'know, might just be in favor of protecting their children from online predators. Good job, guys.)
Sure, the meat of it looks bad to you, but if you would take time to read the first sentence, you would realize that CONGRESS IS NOT TRYING TO BAN SOCIAL NETWORKING.
"To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms."
Adding those sentences into the existing Act of 1934 does not ban social networking sites. It bans minors from using computers in public libraries or schools from accessing social networking sites. Because, you know, God forbid that you actually be working, or learning, while in a school or library.
I'm sick of going to the library to do research but having to wait in line because some stupid teenager needs to check his MySpace.
So please tell me: why should taxpayers have to pay for children to access social networking websites?
Congress is not trying to ban social networking. Anyone who says that they are, is flat-out lying. You are lying to the youth.
You are lying.
Liz here from I Speak of Dreams.
This bill is part of a larger effort by Republican congresspersons to attend to the worries of suburban voters.
Details here Step One of the Suburban Agenda: Reduce Freedoms
Liz again. There's a wiki tracking letters to congresspersons and other resources
Anti-DOPA wiki
The American Library Associationsays,
Tell your Members of Congress:
Schools and libraries are required under CIPA to block obscene or offensive internet content. DOPA is not necessary. DOPA is much too broad. The bill proposes to block access to beneficial collaborative web applications and resources. Education is the best way to protect children from online predators. Blocking websites does not protect children- teaching them to use the Internet responsibly and safely does.
Yes, he is correct. Your actions are turning out parents, like me. I read the bill and I agree that this is a good amendment. As for school access, many schools already ban access to sites such as MySpace. I too am on MySpace as are my friends children and mine are. However their activity there is monitored by us. What's disturbing to me is that I have seen obscene messages sent from adults to our teens OFTEN. If they were off in the library when these messages were received, what might they have done? I have seen teenagers make fake profiles pretending to pedophiles and making fun of it. I have seen several teen's profiles with half naked pictures in them. (example was a teen boy -friend of one of our daughters- who was naked except for a skateboard on his lap- he was immediately deleted from their friends list)
If our youth believe that there are very few internet pedophiles and predators out there, you are sorely misled. They are there and they are watching. As a parent, I want to be able to maintain the ability to allow my children to participate and to remain safe. Allowing them unsupervised access at school or at libraries is irresponsible to say the least.
Bottom line, this bill doesn't BAN social networking sites. It introduces existing safeguards and utilizes them effectively. I'm angry that I could have been misled in your campaign. I'm glad I did the research and I decline.
Thank you for your insightful comments and the research that a number of you have conducted. You bring up a couple key points that I want to address.
1) Mobilize.org is not trying to oppose HR 5319. We are trying to use the movement around the concept of banning social networks (something that this bill opens the door to), to ask young people to engage in dialogue with their elected officials.
Yes, HR 5319 right now only bans the use of social networks in schools and libraries. However, there are many Americans who only have access to computer and internet at the library or at their school (usually after hours). This legislation will essentially ban them from the opportunity to congregate with the majority of our generation, who have built our communities online.
2) As the American Library Association comment shows, this bill duplicates other legislation that is already working to protect the children of our country and block the access to obscene and illegal information. This bill was put together to combat the recent surge in media attention to the potential harms of social networks. We accept that online predators are a problem (however, not as prevalent as a problem as some parents groups like to make them sound), and we want to WORK WITH our representatives to find solutions.
Our generation, the young people who built these networks and make up these online communities, are the ones who understand this technology the best. Doesn't it make sense for our elected officials to consult the EXPERTS (rather than the lobbyists with the money and K street offices) when drafting a bill that dramatically influences the lives of millions young Americans? Mobilize.org contends that we need a seat at the table since we are the experts about this issue.
Thank you again for your interest in the SOS campaign and your thoughts about our strategy. I look forward to continuing this dialogue.
David Smith said...
We are trying to use the movement around the concept of banning social networks (something that this bill opens the door to), to ask young people to engage in dialogue with their elected officials.
http://www.indyvoter.org/
our Facebook, MySpace and Friendster accounts will self-destruct by the end of the next Congressional vote. Stop them. HR5319 bans social networks. This bill would even ban websites that are used for positive, professional and social experiences. SOS – Save Our Social Networks. Go to http://www.mobilize.org/SOS and take action now.
If you want to support a cause you need to straigh forward about it .The pdf file shows its "only" in school and colleges and also its not "all content"
fight the right bill when it come out when it says "banning all network in all locations"
I am a youth leader in Wichita, KS on the HR 5319 issue. Our group have come up with several tactics to deal with the new bill. If any other leaders (activists) would like to get in touch with me, my email is dinyeller22@yahoo.com. Thanks.
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