Re: [LM_NET] Implications of the Lori Drew conviction

[Josephine Dervan <dervan@OPTONLINE.NET>]

I do see the importance of this discussion for the school librarian. There are laws 
on the books requiring schools to teach cyber safety. This task is often relegated 
to the librarian. 
 
The Broadband Data Improvement Act (S.1492), sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee 
Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, requires the Federal Trade Commission to carry 
out a national public awareness program focused on educating children how to use 
the Internet in safe and responsible ways. The legislation also establishes an 
"Online Safety and Technology Working Group" charged with evaluating online safety 
education efforts, parental control technologies, filtering and blocking software, 
and more. 
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55557
 
Jo


Josephine Dervan, MLS -Online Instructor 
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout 
dervan at optonline.net 
dervanj@uwstout.edu 

He who has a library and a garden, wants for nothing- Cicero 

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