New bill banning the web?

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

According to ABC News, a bill has been introduced in the House of Representitives (as the "Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006," H.R. 5319) that would ban any website that allowed minors to interact. According to their definition, this would include Wikipedia, ChiefDelphi, any other wiki or BBS, any blog, any web host, etc. etc. Also under this bill, any IM or chat would be banned.

This came up earlier in the MySpace thread. The law and the proposed amendment only apply to things like public schools, libraries, etc., and not to the internet in general.

Also, chiefdelphi.com is not particularly commercial in nature, though it does receive some sponsorship from commercial sources. This (in a rational world) ought to keep it from being banned (it's not a "commercial social networking website").