Nice to know that someone is actually trying to enhance safety through
awareness rather than restriction. What our illustrious government
representatives seem unaware of is the fact that the Internet is not
strictly an American network; therefore, the American government can never
hope to effectively regulate it. I see DOPA as mainly pandering in an
election year.
Marsha Redd
Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com
Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student.
Everyone is a teacher.
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From: Art Wolinsky <awolinsky@OII.ORG>
Reply-To: Art Wolinsky <awolinsky@OII.ORG>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] No Dopa This...
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:15:45 -0400
Below is the text of my podcast at http://www.3dwriting.com/wiredsafety/blog
Yesterday I was part of a Congressional briefing session on Internet Safety.
When I was contacted to attend, my initial reaction was to ask if it had
anything to do with DOPA, because if it did my commentary would simple. The
name says it all.
To my relief, it had nothing to do with DOPA and is actually (IMHO)
something good coming out of DC.
The session was a round table conducted by Democratic Representative Melissa
Bean from IL and Bart Stupak from MI.
At the table were representatives from iSafe, the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children, and WiredSafety.
The discussion was wide ranging and included social networking, child porn,
cyber bullying and less "glamorous" issues such as phishing and identity
theft.
We took a look at some of the problems, what is being done about them, and
what can be done.
The session was in part conducted to raise awareness in the media and public
for Representative Bean's SAFER NET Act (H.R.4982).
If it is passed, the merits of the bill will be witnessed by its
implementation, but from what I see, it is a big step in the right
direction. It seeks to establish and Office of Internet Safety and Public
Awareness.
Rather than seeking to regulate with the ineffective and restrictive broad
brush strokes of DOPA, this bill seeks to identify exemplary programs and
best practices, coordinates efforts of diverse organizations, promotes a
national public service campaign, and provides grants to state and local
governments.
In Representatives Bean and Stupak, I see two people who are genuinely
concerned about Internet safety. How much DC politics will impact the
implementation is something we'll have to wait and see, but DOPA it's not! I
have my fingers crossed.
To see the bill in it's entirety, go to congress.gov and search by bill
number or sponsor.
Art Wolinsky
OEO 3DWriting.com
Technology Director - Online Internet Institute
Educational Technology Director - WiredSafety.org
awolinsky@3dwriting.com
(609) 698-8223 (Home Office)
(609) 618-4433 (Cell)
I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes.
I will surely learn a great deal today.
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