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Trial Begins Over Library Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the it-starts-with-a-smidgeon dept.

Justen writes: "CBS has a story on the Philadelphia trial over the Children's Internet Protection Act, signed by President Clinton in 2000. This is the first challenge to come to trial, challenging the act which aimed to censor pornography and other "inappropriate" websites in libraries and other government-subsidized public Internet access-points. The big shocker? The challenge has the support of a large number (3,000) of libraries, librarians, and library patrons."

2 of 23 comments (clear)

  1. harmfull to miners by ajrs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just block all of the sites that cover black lung and cave-ins

  2. Re:The old spirit of prohibition again by Dyolf+Knip · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's really you Europeans' fault in the first place. Sent too damned many Puritans and religious morality freaks to colonize North America and now look what's happened. :)

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    Dyolf Knip