"Reader's Block": Internet Censorship In RI Public Libraries

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:09:49 -0400
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: "Reader's Block": Internet Censorship In RI Public Libraries

[Just passing this along for IP, if worthwhile]

http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=18067&c=252

READER'S BLOCK: INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES

A REPORT PREPARED BY THE RHODE ISLAND AFFILIATE, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION
by Amy Myrick, Program and Development Coordinator at the RI ACLU.

 "X. CONCLUSION Some ten months after its commencement, Internet
  blocking in Rhode Island public libraries presents a mixed, but
  surprisingly troubling, picture. CLAN itself the group responsible
  for administering the blocking software has harbored mistaken
  notions that the filters could be "turned off" only on a
  site-by-site basis, lest compliance be compromised. Individual
  librarians show similar confusion. Pleading technical handicaps,
  many have failed to familiarize themselves with the blocking
  software and its deactivation options. Those that lack this
  knowledge are placing themselves at the mercy of a private company's
  technology that should never be permitted to take control."

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