The bill, Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), has sent the social networking scene scrambling. The idea of blocking such sites as MySpace and Facebook in America’s schools is an issue that should have been confronted some time ago. Although the government may not have the ability to control exactly what children are viewing online at home, they can attempt to remove it from the schools. The threat of online predators to children should scare everyone. I see the whole issue of online predators as a good battle to fight. I believe that it needs to be fought for and there should be no room for interpretation. School computers do not need access to social networking sites to perform tasks that are fundamentally important to the school systems. It devalues the learning experience of the children, which, of course, is the heart of education. Those who are against the limiting of access in schools should sit down and think. How will blocking such sites hurt the sites themselves or the children in school? Outside of the educational setting, children are still free to use sites such as MySpace and Facebook. They are not attempting to block children from ever accessing these sites, they are only trying to preserve the core of the educational environment.