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Supreme Court to Hear CIPA Challenge
Posted by Raul Ruiz on Tuesday, November 12 @ 15:15:36 EST Free Expression

Howard Gilbert writes in to tell us that the Supreme Court has decided to hear a challenge to the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). CIPA was previously ruled to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court's order regarding certiorari may be found here.

CIPA requires that libraries install filtering software only if they choose to accept federal funds. Well, which library wouldn't want to accept federal funds?

 
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Re: Supreme Court to Hear CIPA Challenge (Score: 1)
by sm475 (smatheson@mac.com) on Wednesday, November 13 @ 13:53:27 EST
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I especially like the Solicitor General's argument that the appellate ruling "deprives all the nation's public libraries ... of the ability to make their own independent judgement concerning how to avoid becoming a conduit for illegal and harmful material."
Wha?!
How does forbiding the government from requiring filters prevent libraries from doing anything?
If local public libraries (admittedly government actors) choose to filter some or all public terminals, that's a matter of community standards. Presumably, if the community wanted filters, no one would sue to enforce a purported first amendment right to surf "unfiltered."
Simply telling the federal government that they can't require something doesn't mean it can't be done.


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