Bill Lets Parents Edit Children's Facebook Pages

[The Northerner]

A new state bill in the California State Senate could make social-networking sites like Facebook take down personal information and photos for account users under 18 and require more private settings.

The SB 242 was introduced by Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) and would require all security settings to default to private and charge up to $10,000 per violation, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The bill's language also states that social-networking sites would have to comply with parental requests to remove information or photos from their children's pages or accounts. The new bill "would require removal of that information regarding a user under 18 years of age upon request by the user’s parent, within 48 hours upon his or her request."

Facebook's response was anything but accommodating. "This legislation is a serious threat both to Facebook's business in California and to meaningful California consumers' choices about use of personal data," said spokesman Andrew Noyes.

Read more: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/New-Bill-Lets-Parents-Edit-Childrens-Facebook-Pages-121898664.html?dr

[BadgerKid]

1. Hidden accounts & friends lists would continue anyhow. n/t

[dembotoz]

2. interesting high tech nightmare

can understand wanting control over kids under 18 habits--but the kids are more tech savy than the
adults--least mine are.