Senate Passes Bill to Reduce School Internet Filtering

The long-running debate about it, how, and when to protect school children from inappropriate Internet content and contacts has taken a new turn. The Senate has passes a bill that emphasizes educating students about the safe use of Internet services such as social networking and chat rooms rather than just attempting to restrict access to these potentially valuable sites. Students would also learn about cyberbullying under the legislation. The legislation was supported by ISTE and CoSN, and you can learn more about it in this ISTE article.