Save Your Space

I ran across this petition today, Save Your Space. The House of Representative signed legislation in July requiring schools to block access to social networking, blogging and chat room sites. Does that mean if we want blogs (even perhaps this one) to be accessible to students, we should sign the petition to block this legislation from becoming a law? We should if we'd like to see lawmakers clarify the ramifications of such a law. Of course, the politicians who support the "Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)" are concerned with social networking becoming a "happy hunting ground for child predators". However, the legislation will ban access in schools to such sites as this awesome one, Wildcast, by an acclaimed wildlife filmmaker who is filming and blogging about wild dogs in Africa.

Did I mention that I have candy if you come to my office?