http://www.metafilter.com/tags/CIPA Posts tagged with 'CIPA' at MetaFilter. Fri, 31 May 2002 21:47:53 -0800 Fri, 31 May 2002 21:47:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/17540/ The federal goverment is now <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2019000/2019394.stm">not allowed to withold funding </a> from libraries who don't use Internet filtering. The <a href="http://www.ala.org/cipa/">Children's Internet Protection Act</a>, an attempt to shield chidren from pornographic [if legal] material, was overturned by <a href="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/02D0415P.HTM">a ruling handed down today</a>. Some libraries, like San Francisco Public, had already decided to <a href="http://www.ala.org/alonline/news/2001/011008.html#sfpl">forego any funding</a> they might be entitled to in order not to be hamstrung by CIPA, but many others were dutifully preparing to install imperfect filters on their public terminals by the deadline of July 1st. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.17540 Fri, 31 May 2002 21:47:53 -0800 CIPA filters libraries porn jessamyn