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by Mike Masnick

Wed, Nov 12th 2003 9:35am





Ohio Pushing Law To Enforce Library Filters

from the seems-redundant... dept

Apparently state politicians in Ohio are proposing a new law that would require libraries to use internet filters if they want to receive state money. Do the politicians in Ohio not realize that there's already a similar federal law that the Supreme Court has upheld? In other words, isn't this a bit redundant? More importantly, why isn't it up to the library themselves to decide what's appropriate for their patrons?

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    Mark, Nov 12th, 2003 @ 2:09pm

    If memory serves, that federal law refers only to federal money, so maybe Ohio wanted to make sure that state money was handled similarly. But in general you're right--libraries should be directed by librarians, not by politicians, and those politicians are motivated solely by the urge to be seen as "tough on Internet pornography" or other sound-bite-sized issues of the day.

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