In mid-2006, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Deleting Online Predators Act requiring schools and libraries to block access to social networking, blogging and chat room sites. The bill was approved by a 410-15 vote despite being opposed by the American Library Association and the Information Technology Association of America.
On January 4, 2007, Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska introduced a bill called the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. This is a new version of the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 including all the original DOPA propositions with two additional provisions.
On February 9, 2007, Illinois State Senator Matt Murphy introduced an Illinois bill called the Social Networking Website Prohibition Act.
On February 11, 2007, U.S. House of Representative, Matt Murphy, reintroduced the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007.
Why are all these bills being introduced?
Because Congress believes that...

Unfortunately, the names of these bills are misleading. If you take a close look at each of them, you'll find that many of the provisions actually limit your rights to access and express yourself on the Internet instead of deleting online predators. Many people only see the news stories reported by the media about the dangers of using social-networking sites.
The SAVE YOUR SPACE petition is your chance to be heard and to show the public, the media and the U.S. government the importance and amazing power of social networking, blogging and chat room sites.
Our goal is simple, ambitious but reachable.
Help us get 10,000 signatures.
Many people do not realize that there are more than 300 social networking sites in existence with hundreds of millions of members (60% of 13-17 year olds belong to at least one).
Some of the social
networking, blogging and chat room sites that this bill would
affect include:
43 Things
AOL
aSmallWorld
Babbello
Bebo
BlackPlanet.com
The Black Stripe
Blogger
Blurty
Bolt
Campusbug
Classmates.com
Connect.ee
Crostel
Cyworld
DeadJournal
DowneLink
Draugiem.lv
Ecademy
Essembly
Facebook
Faceparty
Flickr
Friendster
Fruhstuckstreff
Gaia Online
GolfBuzz
GreatestJournal
Grono.net
Hi5
Hyves
IMVU
Insider Pages
IRC-Galleria
iWiW
Joga Bonito
LinkedIn
LiveJournal
LunarStorm
Miaplaza
MOBANGO
Multiply
Mugshot
Music Forte
MyGamma
MyNetSpot.org
MySpace
myYearbook
Neurona
Nexopia
OkCupid
openBC
orkut
Passado
Piczo
ProfileHeaven
Rediff Connexions
Reunion.com
Ryze
Sconex
Studybreakers
Sulekha
Tagged
TagWorld
TakingITGlobal
The Student Center
Tribe
Vampire Freaks
WAYN
Windows Live Spaces
Wireless World Forum
Xanga
Xuqa
Yahoo! 360
YouTube
Click here to add your favorite social networking, blogging or chat room site to this list.
43 Things
AOL
aSmallWorld
Babbello
Bebo
BlackPlanet.com
The Black Stripe
Blogger
Blurty
Bolt
Campusbug
Classmates.com
Connect.ee
Crostel
Cyworld
DeadJournal
DowneLink
Draugiem.lv
Ecademy
Essembly
Faceparty
Flickr
Friendster
Fruhstuckstreff
Gaia Online
GolfBuzz
GreatestJournal
Grono.net
Hi5
Hyves
IMVU
Insider Pages
IRC-Galleria
iWiW
Joga Bonito
LiveJournal
LunarStorm
Miaplaza
MOBANGO
Multiply
Mugshot
Music Forte
MyGamma
MyNetSpot.org
MySpace
myYearbook
Neurona
Nexopia
OkCupid
openBC
orkut
Passado
Piczo
ProfileHeaven
Rediff Connexions
Reunion.com
Ryze
Sconex
Studybreakers
Sulekha
Tagged
TagWorld
TakingITGlobal
The Student Center
Tribe
Vampire Freaks
WAYN
Windows Live Spaces
Wireless World Forum
Xanga
Xuqa
Yahoo! 360
YouTube
Click here to add your favorite social networking, blogging or chat room site to this list.
Look at why other
social networking, blogging and chat room users support this
petition!
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Massachusetts
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
International
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Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
International
Click here to see the most recent signatures!
You can help by doing the following:
1. Read the petition
2. Sign the petition
(U.S. and international supporters welcome)
3. Tell your friends to sign the petition
Help us get 10,000 signatures...






