Learning about the Digital Divide ALT-C 2008: Josie Fraser’s slam

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+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
http://www.sivacracy.net/2008/06/a_dozen_things_to_tell_y...

'DOPA or the Deleting Online Predators Act was such a stupid idea that it seemed to require special words that went beyond merely calling it “stupid.” It was maroonic; it was betarded; it was stooptastic'
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
http://www.ariwriter.com/2008/08/us-bans-social-networkin...

'# Social networking enables sexual predators to stalk children across cyberspace. Legislators are collaborating with law enforcement officials to enforce actions in public libraries and schools.

# Social networking strains server bandwidth and presents operational risks for military websites, including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, which require lightning-speed algorithmic capabilities to combat the war on terrorism and other matters domestically and abroad.

# Social networking on the job decreases workplace productivity and employee morale, insist rhetoric from government agencies and corporate employers.'
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
Libraries fight to protect privacy
Ledyard King • Gannett News Service
August 23, 2008
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...

'Kirk's bill, the Deleting Online Predators Act, died in 2006 but gained new life this year. Kirk says that as more children flock to social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, 'we've seen a corresponding increase of online sexual predators' targeting those children.

But library officials say the legislation — while tackling a legitimate problem — takes the wrong approach in trying to keep kids safe from online predators.

Rather than outlawing certain sites, the American Library Association supports preparing kids and parents to deal with online threats at the library, home or anywhere else.'
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
Libraries fight to protect privacy
Ledyard King • Gannett News Service
August 23, 2008
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...

'WASHINGTON — Congress is considering a bill that would bar children who use computers in public libraries from accessing Facebook and other social networking Web sites without parental permission.

Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who sponsored the measure, says the proposal would keep sexual predators from contacting minors who are using a library computer.

But the American Library Association says Kirk's bill is another attempt by the federal government to interfere with library users' privacy and free speech.'
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
http://www.andycarvin.com/dopa.html

Andy Carvin, DOPA Watch
'This webpage is a news digest of all the latest blog entries and news stories regarding the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which would force schools and libraries that receive federal Internet subsidies to block all interactive websites in the name of online safety.'
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
Josie Fraser posted a message on Twitter: “Resurrection of the mindless zombie that is DOPA has put me in a grumpy mood. After a really nice meeting with @sleepydog this afternoon too”
July 31 at 5:22 pm
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
@badgergravling part of reason that non solutions like DOPA keep getting peddled is that adults involved aren't digitally literate at all

http://twitter.com/josiefraser/statuses/873781535
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
http://icanhaz.com/dop2 DOPA back, like a bad dream. The reasons it needs to be killed are exactly the same though: http://icanhaz.com/dopa

http://twitter.com/josiefraser/statuses/873776081
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
Henry Jenkins, Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, contributed one of the key arguments to the debate, MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), a discussion with Social Media Researcher danah boyd.

http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html
+ Josie Fraser 10 months ago
It's clear that withdrawing public access means that the least confident and most economically disadvantaged users - those who most need school and community networks to be able to get online - are the ones who suffer the greatest impact of blocking policies. However obvious or compelling the arguments seem to be to those of us who are familiar with social software, networks and tools, the lesson is - everything continues to be provisional. We need to continue to develop our positions and our strategies.

http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2007/01/esafety_ongo...

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