FC: About 43 percent of public libraries filter Internet, survey says

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[David Burt is not just an interested party, but a well-known troll. 
Defined here: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/troll.html 
Still, this is relevant information. --Declan]

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From: dburt () n2h2 com
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:47:04 -0800
To: <declan () well com>

>From the latest Library Journal:

"Some 43% reported filtering Internet use, a jump from previous years (31%
in 2001, 25% in 2000). Of those filtering the Internet, 96% filter all their
children's terminals. About half of those filtering also filter adult 
terminals.
Perhaps because of the cost of filtering, smaller libraries (under 25,000
population) were least likely to use filters. The average cost was $1,722
per library system, but smaller libraries (under 50,000) spent an average
of $360 or less.

Some of that filtering may have been implemented in response to the Children's
Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which ties the receipt of E-rate funds to
filtering. However, the law has been challenged, and it's likely that the
courts will resolve the issue this year before libraries must decide whether
to install filters."

Library Journal, 1-15-2001
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA188739

And more interesting filtering facts from a Kaiser Foundation Study:

Pornography and Internet Filtering
Among all 15-24 year-olds:
* Two-thirds (67%) support the law requiring Internet filters at schools
and libraries.
* Two out of three (65%) say being exposed to online pornography could have
a serious impact
on those under 18.
* A majority (59%) think seeing pornography on the Internet encourages young
people to have
sex before they're ready.
Among the 95% of all 15-17 year-olds who have ever gone online:
* Seventy percent have accidentally stumbled across pornography online,
23% "very" or
"somewhat" often.
* A majority (55%) of those who were exposed to pornography say they were
"not too" or "not at
all" upset by it, while 45% were "very" or "somewhat" upset.
* A third (33%) of those with home Internet access have a filtering technology
in place there.
The entire study is online at 
http://www.kff.org/content/2001/20011211a/GenerationRx.pdf

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