Who's in charge here anyway?

Does anyone else think this story about a school banning MySpace at school and at home ridiculous?

I have a hard time believing 99.9% of parents are behind this move. While I can understand the concerns about such social networking sites, as a parent I would rather the policing of my child's use of such sites come from me, not their school.

Have we really become so afraid of the big wide world out there that we're willing to let other people tell us how to parent too?