From danah boyd comes word that the Deleting Online Predators Act, otherwise known as the MySpace bill, is back. This time, it's sandwiched into Ted Steven's new Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act (S. 49). In DOPA we have a prime example of Congress' "predator test," where legislation that might do something, anything about child predation is given a free pass. Looking at the measure with any appreciation for technology, it's hard not to see it as an overly-broad and reactionary bill that won't do a whole lot to lessen the exploitation of children. Still, last session it sailed through the House by a vote of 410 to 15 before withering in the Senate. (I guess there's some solace in the fact that all 15 nays were Dems -- Conyers, Grijalva, Hinchey, Honda, Kucinich, Lee, Lofgren, McDermott, Payne, Schakowsky, Bobby Scott, Serrano, Stark, Watson, and Woolsey.) More on S. 49 after the jump.

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