http://www.metafilter.com/tags/webfilters Posts tagged with 'webfilters' at MetaFilter. Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:45:52 -0800 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:45:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/26579/US%2Dv%2DALA <a href="http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/w/1154/6-23-2003/20030623080011_40.html">The Children's Internet Protection Act</a> is hunky dory, <a href="http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/23jun20030800/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/02-361.pdf">according to the Supreme Court</a>. This means that public libraries are required by law to have web filters on public terminals. While it's great that children will now be forever protected from the evils on online pornography, the drawback is that most filters are so unreliable that just me mentioning the word "sex" in this post could get Metafilter blocked by a web filter. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26579 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:45:52 -0800 censorship government libraries supremecourt webfilters zedzebedia