According to a CNET New.com article dated May 10, 2006, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking Web sites may be rendered inaccessible by most schools and libraries following provisions of a recently proposed federal law. The same article indicated that House members had endorsed new legislation that would cordon off access to commercial web sites that let users create public Web pages or profiles and might include sites such as Blogger.com. AOL and Yahoo's instant-messaging.

The bill is known as the "Deleting Online Predators Act" or DOPA.

According to CNET News.com some Web site managers have taken steps in recent weeks to reduce concerns expressed by parents and others. According to the CNET article, MySpace has assigned a large portion of its staff to provide customer care and security concerns.

A full copy of the article may be viewed at http://www.ala.org/ala/news/presscenter/newscoveragelibraries.htm