Facebook is defend a bill currently before the California legislature that , if passed , would give children in juvenile detention adroitness and foster care homes the right to net admittance .
The banker’s bill , AB 811 , would need that kids in the system be allow to ship and receive unopened mail and make and have secret telephone telephone call , as well as have access to the internet for breeding and staying in tactile sensation with family members . The Electronic Frontier Foundationis also backing the nib .
If the account passes , it ’ll be an important dance step towards expanding internet entree for yardbird throughout California . The UN has considered internet access ahuman rightsince 2011 , but prisoner in adult and juvenile hold often are n’t leave to get online . That makes reentry difficult — imagine trying to integrate back into today ’s society after pass year in prison and neverinteracting with a touchscreen .
“ information processing system literacy and the ability to communicate with applied science are integral to living in today ’s society . It has become difficult to conceive of staying in touch with one ’s syndicate , searching for a problem or direct a number of daily tasks without access to the cyberspace , ” Ann Blackwood , Facebook ’s head of public insurance policy for the western states , write in a letter supporting the banknote .
Facebook became part of the public debate over net access for inmate two years ago , after report from the EFF revealed that the company was taking down yard bird ’ profile at the request of prison , even if the profiles did n’t go against any rules .
The companionship revised its insurance after EFF ’s reporting , requiring more information from prison officials before take away report and engender email revenue of the removals .
“ In California and in general with youth , the intention of incarceration should be rehabilitation , ” EFF investigative researcher Dave Maass told Gizmodo . Having the internet will give them access to on-line courses and help them keep up with their classmates , Maass said . “ There are juvenile who are in detention repeatedly , which interrupts their education , ” he explained . “ They can have a significant reverse when they go back to school and find everyone in their class has had computer literacy training or razz education . ”
The bill is rig to be consider by the California Senate Human Services Committee tomorrow .
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