first, they came for the cyber cafes...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
Date: July 8, 2004 7:47:20 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: first, they came for the cyber cafes...

Dave, check this out. Will they ask libraries to ban kids from their  
browser banks too?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=575&e=8&u=/nm/ 
leisure_cybercafes_dc
Los Angeles Approves Restrictions on Cyber Cafes
Wed Jul 7, 6:23 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -  Citing problems with truancy and youth  
violence, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved an  
ordinance restricting the hours during which minors can visit Internet  
cafes and requiring the shops to install video cameras for security.

  The ordinance targets "cyber cafes" and "PC baangs" that provide five  
or more computers with Internet access, including those set up  
specifically for multiplayer PC video games. The cafes would be  
required to get a police permit to operate.

  Minors under age 18 would not be permitted in the cafes on school  
days between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., or after 10 p.m., and patrons  
would be required to provide identification on request.

  The law would take effect in the next two months.

  In Jan. 2003, City Councilman Dennis Zine called for an investigation  
into cafes offering Internet access -- and in many cases aimed at young  
video game players -- after an incident where a brawl broke out between  
rival groups who had been playing the game "Counter Strike."

  City officials told the council Wednesday they had identified 30  
"cyber cafes" in the city, more than half of them in the San Fernando  
Valley. the city's northern region.

  A report found that 86 percent of people arrested at cyber cafes were  
juveniles, and 93 percent of the arrests were for truancy or curfew  
violations.

 

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