Representatives Ed Markey and Joe Barton authored the bill, which is being supported by the child advocacy group Common Sense Media, because information technology firms are not making the correct estimation of effort to protect children from cyber bullies, scammers and marketers.
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Hollywood has been contending with uploaded copyrighted content to YouTube or video streaming sites for some time. Even President Obama’s US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IP Czar), Victoria Espinel has been proposing a revamp of intellectual properties.
“The bill’s sponsors started out with the noble goal of protecting children, but recent amendments transform the legislation into a boogeyman that will scare away innovation,” said Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice. “The current proposal will create a major regulatory minefield for social networking services while failing to provide meaningful protection for minors.”
With no fewer than seven pieces of legislation circulating in Congress, the issue of online privacy is back in the news, and hot on Capitol Hill. The latest bills center on the most contentious topics, creation of a ‘Do Not Track’ mechanism that would allow consumers to ‘opt-out’ of targeted online advertising, and mobile privacy. What are the proposals, and what do they mean for you?
Technology trade group NetChoice is taking a stand against proposed ‘Do Not Track’ legislation that would allow consumers to ‘opt out’ of targeted online advertising, putting proposals to restrict online advertising at the top of its latest “iAWFUL” list of the top 10 Internet laws.
To date, legislation concerning online privacy has remained focused on how best to protect consumer information on the Web, from mandating ‘Do Not Track’ to legislating the advertising industry. But now, amid the slew of online privacy bills ready to hit Capitol Hill in the coming weeks, at least one congressman appears to have added social networks to the target list as well.
NetChoice, a technology trade group advocating for hands-off Internet policies, today took aim at federal legislation and sent a warning shot to legislators to ‘tread cautiously’ when regulating the online economy in releasing their list of the top 10 federal and state legislative proposals Internet firms should worry about.
Is the current debate over online privacy more media hype than true consumer concern?
Yes, according to a new study released jointly by Upshot, a Chicago-based marketing agency, and BrainJuicer®, a consumer-driven consultancy firm. Their research found that, when presented with providing personal information in order to receive a useful service, consumers cared more about receiving a highly personalized, high quality and relevant service than protecting their privacy online.
In Omaha Nebraska, Attorney General Jon Bruning is proposing a few legislative changes to increase public safety, and this includes cracking down on the presence of sex offenders using online social networking sites, according to MSN. Bruning wants them banned from sites like MySpace and Facebook all together, making their use of such social networks a crime.
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