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[ PRIVACY Forum ] California Bill Would Give Parents Access To Kids'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Mon May 16 17:16:35 2011
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California Bill To Give Parents Access To Kids' Facebook Pages
http://j.mp/mLpHE6 (TechCrunch)
One assumes laudable motives behind this, but the issues are
formidable. Do children have *any* right to privacy in this context?
How would "parents" establish and authenticate their relationship
vis-a-vis any given child's Facebook pages, especially with Facebook
only having 48 hours before a potential $10K fine hits? That is, how
can you *prove* that you're really the parent of whomever is behind a
given Facebook page, and that you have the *right* to make demands
under this proposed legislation?
The list of even purely logistical issues alone associated with
something like this is extremely long. And of course, where does
this lead? On-demand access to email? Instant messages?
This smells of being (a) politically motivated, and/or (b) very poorly
thought through.
--Lauren--
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