California SB 242, proposed by Sen. Ellen Corbett, would force social networks like Facebook to allow parents access to their child's account(s) and, more importantly, force all privacy settings to their maximum level by default. Parents can request that images or text be removed from any social network page "upon request ... within 48 hours upon his or her request." Here's the interesting part: any social network failing to perform these duties will get hit with a $10K fine per incident. Obviously this is a state-level law and does not apply nationally (yet) and it does smack of the nanny state. However, being able to access my own son's Facebook page in the event of some tragedy real or imagined would give me peace of mind but be wildly invasive. This would also bump up against problems like children in divorced families and/or emancipated youngsters.
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