I didn't exactly advocate revealing intimate details of one's family life or residence, but merely a geographic area and perhaps what age range of kids one was interest in finding for play dates. I guess perhaps a DYS scholar would be able to take that information and figure out someone's exact identity, but it would likely be beyond the skills of 99.9% of the populace.
Most of us post fairly intimate details on this website, and most of us refrain from posting information that would identify our names and addresses. Perhaps I've misunderstood what you picture this new feature achieving, but if it involves actually meeting with strangers, it will reveal the identities and addresses of the users.
What a coincidence! So am I.
If by "largely untested" you mean that your position has no actual legal support, it would be more honest to just come out and say that next time. Just calling a forward-looking opinion a fact doesn't actually make it a fact. I remain open to an actual fact if you come up with one; I'm generally happy to find out I'm wrong on an issue. Children's things are regularly freecycled, BTW.
On the contrary. I mean that if you are asking whether I can show you caselaw proving that websites that facilitate the sharing of information about children's interests, problems, test scores, family lives,
and addresses have been held liable when that information is used to the injury of the child or the child's family, then, of course I can't. That case doesn't exist, to my knowledge. But I would be very surprised if you graduated from law school without learning that unsafe products are liability issues. New products, which have never before been the basis for a lawsuit, are not exceptions simply because they are new.
I would also note that the Davidson Institute is really about providing services to PG kids. To that end, my understanding is that DYS families
are provided the contact information of other DYS families in their regions. I could be wrong. But it makes sense to me that it be a closed system to protect the families and children involved.
