Comments on: Discouraged Advocate Seeks Legislators that Refuse to Coddle http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bradencox http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-55041 bradencox Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:53:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-55041 <p>Check out this NY Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/technology/19true.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">article</a> on <a href="http://True.com">True.com</a> and its founder, Herb Vest. As the article states:</p> <blockquote><p>True, which conducts criminal background checks on its subscribers, is<br>the primary force behind a two-year-old campaign to get state<br>legislatures to require that social Web sites prominently disclose<br>whether or not they perform such checks….<br></p><br><p>The company then tried to have laws passed in several states that<br>would require other sites to conduct background checks or disclose that<br>they do not…. True has had little political success so far, but is<br>backing bills that legislators are considering in Florida, Texas and<br>Michigan. </p></blockquote> <p><br></p> <p> Unfortunately, as I write in my post above, True has been having too much success (so far) this year in Florida.</p> Check out this NY Times article on True.com and its founder, Herb Vest. As the article states:

True, which conducts criminal background checks on its subscribers, is
the primary force behind a two-year-old campaign to get state
legislatures to require that social Web sites prominently disclose
whether or not they perform such checks….


The company then tried to have laws passed in several states that
would require other sites to conduct background checks or disclose that
they do not…. True has had little political success so far, but is
backing bills that legislators are considering in Florida, Texas and
Michigan.


Unfortunately, as I write in my post above, True has been having too much success (so far) this year in Florida.

]]> By: Braden http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-37625 Braden Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:53:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-37625 <p>Check out this NY Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/technology/19true.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">article</a> on True.com and its founder, Herb Vest. As the article states:</p> <blockquote><p>True, which conducts criminal background checks on its subscribers, is the primary force behind a two-year-old campaign to get state legislatures to require that social Web sites prominently disclose whether or not they perform such checks…. </p> <p>The company then tried to have laws passed in several states that would require other sites to conduct background checks or disclose that they do not…. True has had little political success so far, but is backing bills that legislators are considering in Florida, Texas and Michigan. </p></blockquote> <p> Unfortunately, as I write in my post above, True has been having too much success (so far) this year in Florida.</p> Check out this NY Times article on True.com and its founder, Herb Vest. As the article states:

True, which conducts criminal background checks on its subscribers, is the primary force behind a two-year-old campaign to get state legislatures to require that social Web sites prominently disclose whether or not they perform such checks….

The company then tried to have laws passed in several states that would require other sites to conduct background checks or disclose that they do not…. True has had little political success so far, but is backing bills that legislators are considering in Florida, Texas and Michigan.

Unfortunately, as I write in my post above, True has been having too much success (so far) this year in Florida.

]]> By: bradencox http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-55040 bradencox Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:58:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-55040 <p>Your instincts serve you well, Andy! <a href="http://True.com">True.com</a> is behind this legislation, and they testified that we already do criminal background screenings. They are advocating for extensive disclosure requirements on sites that do not perform background checks to create a perception that criminal background screenings are not just important, but imperative. And we do them, so come to us for your business.</p> Your instincts serve you well, Andy! True.com is behind this legislation, and they testified that we already do criminal background screenings. They are advocating for extensive disclosure requirements on sites that do not perform background checks to create a perception that criminal background screenings are not just important, but imperative. And we do them, so come to us for your business.

]]> By: Braden http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-37624 Braden Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:58:03 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-37624 <p>Your instincts serve you well, Andy! True.com is behind this legislation, and they testified that we already do criminal background screenings. They are advocating for extensive disclosure requirements on sites that do not perform background checks to create a perception that criminal background screenings are not just important, but imperative. And we do them, so come to us for your business.</p> Your instincts serve you well, Andy! True.com is behind this legislation, and they testified that we already do criminal background screenings. They are advocating for extensive disclosure requirements on sites that do not perform background checks to create a perception that criminal background screenings are not just important, but imperative. And we do them, so come to us for your business.

]]> By: Andy http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-55039 Andy Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:15:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-55039 <p>I'd be interested to see who is "testifying" in front of the FL legislature for this bill. Is it websites that already comply with this that stand to be in a great place when they can say "In accordance with Florida law, we DO perform background checks, unlike those OTHER GUYS".</p> I’d be interested to see who is “testifying” in front of the FL legislature for this bill. Is it websites that already comply with this that stand to be in a great place when they can say “In accordance with Florida law, we DO perform background checks, unlike those OTHER GUYS”.

]]> By: Andy http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/comment-page-1/#comment-37623 Andy Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:15:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/03/15/discouraged-advocate-seeks-legislators-that-refuse-to-coddle/#comment-37623 <p>I'd be interested to see who is "testifying" in front of the FL legislature for this bill. Is it websites that already comply with this that stand to be in a great place when they can say "In accordance with Florida law, we DO perform background checks, unlike those OTHER GUYS".</p> I’d be interested to see who is “testifying” in front of the FL legislature for this bill. Is it websites that already comply with this that stand to be in a great place when they can say “In accordance with Florida law, we DO perform background checks, unlike those OTHER GUYS”.

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