Facebook Announces Support of KIDS Act

While John McCain may not be the most technically savvy individual, a bill that he proposed called “Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2008” was approved yesterday by President Bush. The bill requires registered sex offenders to provide their e-mail addresses to a national database which is then made available to social networking sites.

This afternoon, Chris Kelly of Facebook announced that Facebook would support this act. While this act is a great step forward, there are definitely a few issues with the law.

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