Court Ok's library censorware

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Meeks, Brock (MSNBCi)" <Brock.Meeks () MSNBC COM>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:26:07 -0700
To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Court Ok's library censorware

(Just off the wire...)

Supreme Court upholds use of Internet filters in public libraries
By GINA HOLLAND 
Associated Press Writer
   WASHINGTON (AP) -- A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday
that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip
computers with anti-pornography filters.
   The blocking technology, intended to keep smut from children,
does not violate the First Amendment even though it shuts off some
legitimate, informational Web sites, the court held.
   The court said because libraries can disable the filters for any
patrons who ask, the system is not too burdensome. The 5-4 ruling
reinstates a law that told libraries to install filters or
surrender federal money.


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