A Tale Of Two Governments And Their Library Web Filtering Policies

from the use-filters!--don't-use-filters! dept

An amusing set of articles when put next each other - which gives you an idea of the types of governments people find in different places. Today, the South Carolina state government demanded that all public libraries must use web filters. Then, the city of San Francisco has told its public libraries that they must not use web filters. Of course, how all this plays out with the federal government (who says libraries should be forced to use filters) should be fun to watch.

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