Online privacy bill fails to pass California Senate

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-social-networking-20110528,0,5345331.story

Reporting from Sacramento -- A push by law enforcement and consumer groups to allow parents to restrict their children's personal information on social networking sites and limit disclosure about adults has stalled in the Legislature amid aggressive lobbying by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other firms.

The businesses oppose legislation that would require them to promptly remove adults' personal information from sites upon request and allow parents to edit their kids' web postings to exclude information such as home addresses and phone numbers.

The companies would face fines of up to $10,000 per violation under the measure, which failed to pass the state Senate on Friday.

The proposal could prove impossible to implement effectively, the firms argue, and would undermine free speech and growth in California's Internet industry, one of the few sectors of the state economy that is thriving.

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1. Here's a breakdown of the voting:

Ayes - 16
Alquist, Corbett, De León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Pavley, Price, Steinberg, Wolk, Yee

Noes - 16
Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, Cannella, Correa, Dutton, Fuller, Gaines, Harman, Huff, La Malfa, Runner, Strickland, Walters, Wyland

Absent, Abstention or Not Voting - 8
Emmerson, Hernandez, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Rubio, Simitian, Vargas, Wright

http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/billtrack/vote.html?bill=201120120SB242&vdt=2011-05-27+10%3A32%3A00&vds=1023

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2. We should vote all the scoundrels out of office

But the people are too dumb to recognize that incumbency is the biggest problem in California politics.

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3. incumbency? California has term limits nt

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4. Career politicians work around that

They work through higher and higher offices, and are replaced by hand-picked Heirs Apparent.

When they run out of offices they get cushy six-figure jobs on commissions.