FC: San Francisco bans filters in libraries -- nevermind the Feds

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:43:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Cassel <destiny () cloud9 net>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: SF bans filters

http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-library-filters1002oct02.story?coll=la%2Dap%2Dtopnews%2Dheadlines


                   SAN FRANCISCO -- Internet filters designed to
                   keep pornography away from children were
                   banned at city libraries despite a federal law
                   mandating them.

                   San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted
                   unanimously Monday to ban the filters from library
                   computers, a move that could cost the city $20,000
                   in federal funds. The board left it up to the Library
                   Commission to decide whether to install filtering
                   software in children's areas.




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