Bonehead-Of-The-Day Award
by Jerry Lerman

There's Certainly A Lesson In This
An "Unclear On The Concept," Bonehead Award

An FBI website meant to teach children not to give out personal information while at a website violates child online safety laws by asking children to give out personal information.

The site invites child readers to take part in a Common Knowledge Foundation quiz on how to become an FBI agent which requires that the child first enter personal information; their home telephone number and address. Worse, Common Knowledge Foundation never obtained the law-required clearance to be asking these questions of children.

But on the bright side, children come away with a clear understanding of how government operates.

The Register (UK) 23-Oct-06
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