


Net Neutrality Act On the Agenda Again 242

Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia 349
A state senator in Georgia, Cecil Staton, has introduced a bill that would require parents' permission before kids could sign up at a social networking site such as MySpace and Facebook, and mandate that the sites let parents see all material their kids generate there. Quoting: "[Senate Bill 59] would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission [and require] parents or guardians to have access to their children's Web pages at all times. If owners or operators of a company failed to comply with the proposed law, they would be guilty of a misdemeanor on the first offense. A second offense would be a felony and could lead to imprisonment for between one and five years and a fine up to $50,000 or both." The recently offered MySpace parental tools fall short of the bill's requirements. This coverage from the Athens Banner-Herald quotes Facebook's CPO saying that federal law forbids the company to allow anyone but the account creator to access it..

British E-Voting Pilots Announced 166

The Privacy Candidate 593

Bluetooth Spam In Public Spaces 90

Google Blurring Sensitive Map Information 411

Government Seeks Dismissal of Spy Suit 135

Why the .XXX Domain is a Bad Idea That Won't Die 322

British Police Identify Killer in Radiation Case 235

Diebold Security Foiled Again 201

Canada's Music Lobby Buys Government Access 158

Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net 321

ESA, Games Industry in for Big Changes 30

US Attorney General Questions Habeas Corpus 1151

The Grassroots Blogging Provision's Real Purpose 227

FCC Nixes Satellite Radio Merger 277

British Cops Hack Into Government Computers 247

Ohio Recount Rigging Case Goes to Court 224
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that the trial of the three election workers accused of rigging the 2004 presidential election recount in Cuyahoga County is finally underway. As you may recall, this was the case where poll workers 'randomly' selected the precincts to recount by first eliminating from consideration precincts where the number of ballots handed out on Election Day failed to match the number of ballots cast and, then opening the ballot boxes in private and pre-counting until they found cases which would match up. What is interesting here is that they have already admitted doing this and that it was clearly counter to the letter and the spirit of the law, but still insist it wasn't really 'wrong,' presumably since they only did it to avoid having to go to the bother of a full recount as required by law.
