Lolita posted last week about HR 4472, which would extend the 2257 record keeping requirements to adult social networking sites. (Very very briefly, 2257 regs are the ones that porn makers and distributors have to keep to demonstrate that models are all 18+.)

 

Extending those regulations to adult social networking sites would need to keep a photocopy of your drivers licence if you uploaded an explicit photo of yourself for your profile. As Lolita wrote initially:

"The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under the guise of fighting child pornography. The proposed regulations would force adult social-networking services to obtain and maintain personal information about their users, including the user's photo ID (driver’s license, passport, or military ID). While this activism is being done by the NGLTF, it affects heterosexuals, too, both kinky and vanilla."

And here's the link to the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce call for action.

 

Public comment on the extension of those regulations to adult social networking sites ends today, so if you haven't weighed in on the matter, please do.

 

Comments may be submitted electronically to: Admin.ceos@usdoj.gov or to http://www.regulations.gov by using the electronic comment form provided. The subject line must read: Docket No. CRM 104.

 

Facsimile comments may be submitted to: (202) 514-1793. This is not a toll-free number. Comments submitted by facsimile must include Docket No. CRM 104 on the cover sheet.

 

(Thanks to Viviane for posting the contact info and instructions.)