A trio of stories on COPA(A). It\’s either COPAA or COPA, I just can\’t figure out which is what is who. You get the point though.
An Ordeal: Copin\’ With COPPA from
Wired that says the Children\’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a flawed piece of
legislation, and decides it\’s easier to help kids forge their ages
to set up email accounts than it is to submit a credit card number,
COPA: Peddle Smut, Go to Jail from
Wired
Conservative members of the
Commission on Child Online Protection suggested during a
meeting a week ago that the government should shield Junior from dirty pictures by
imprisoning owners of \”obscene\” websites.
Online Children\’s Section from News.com
Telage said there is a \”50-50 shot\” that new Web domain categories could be created,
such as \”.kids,\” reserved for child-friendly content. Others have advocated \”.xxx\”
for adult sites, although Telage said the commission has free-speech reservations
about that suggestion.
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