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ACLU And Others Weigh In On CIPA Injunction
A report on censorware.net has an update on the legal fight over the Children's Internet Protection Act; yesterday the ACLU, ALA and others filed briefs supporting the injunction calling CIPA unconstitutional issued by a three-judge court last May. The Supreme Court will hear the case on March 5th. (A search on "CIPA" is a good way to catch up on this act, which is basically about installing mandatory censorware on child-accessable publicly funded computers.)
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
You know at least three congressmen have considered pitching that idea ;-)
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They must stop this madness now!
Do you think I want children 'researching' oral sex, or discusting masturbation in a public library? It is completely evil!
If this doesn't go past, you will automatically start to see bums jacking off in libraries!
Or gay rings in public schools!
We Must Put a Stop to This!
This holy law must be passed!
What we see depends on mainly what we look for. -- John Lubbock Now search for that bug slave!
Plus, is it just me or is this more of a case of nobody sells a blocker like this so this law should be illegal? Please, just hire some CS students/recent grads and pay them to create a blocker for you!
I'm a programmer. I and several hundred of my freinds would be quite happy to take a yearly paycheck from you to work on a filter that reliably blocks obscene material and lets valuable content pass freely. Barring an earth-shattering breakthrough in artificial intellegences I fully expect my children and grandchildren to follow on in my footsteps and have life-long employment creating this blocker for you. Don't call us, we'll call you when we've got it up and running.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.