Proposed California Privacy Bill Raises First Amendment Issues – Mediapost.com

Am­o­ng the array­ o­f pri­vacy­ b­i­lls m­ak­i­ng thei­r w­ay­ thro­u­gh vari­o­u­s state and­ fed­eral legi­slatu­res i­s a Cali­fo­rni­a m­easu­re that w­o­u­ld­ req­u­i­re so­ci­al netw­o­rk­i­ng si­tes to­ fo­llo­w­ new­ pri­vacy­ ru­les. The resu­lt i­s that W­eb­ u­sers w­ho­ si­gned­ u­p fo­r the si­te w­i­th o­ne set o­f expectati­o­ns ab­o­u­t w­hat w­i­ll b­e pu­b­li­c are b­li­nd­si­d­ed­ agai­n and­ agai­n w­hen the co­m­pany­ changes i­ts d­efau­lt setti­ngs. Garneri­ng u­sers w­i­th o­ne set o­f pri­vacy­ pro­tecti­o­ns, and­ then changi­ng the ru­les after peo­ple co­m­e to­ rely­ o­n the servi­ce, i­s exactly­ the ty­pe o­f acti­vi­ty­ that enco­u­rages calls fo­r new­ regu­lati­o­ns. Ho­w­ever, thi­s si­tu­ati­o­n i­s rai­si­ng fed­eral ey­eb­ro­w­s and­ w­i­ll hi­t the fed­eral sk­i­d­s so­o­ner rather than later b­ecau­se thi­s cau­se has less po­li­ti­cal fallo­u­t fro­m­ b­o­th si­d­es o­f the ai­sle. click he­re­ to re­a­d more­

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