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Links: Libraries Would Rather Give Up Federal Funds Rather Than Install Filters?
Posted by James Grimmelmann on Monday, June 14 @ 14:46:54 EDT Civil Liberties
Next month is the deadline for libraries that receive federal E-rate funds to install censorware on public access computers. (ALA v. Ashcroft, decided last year, rejected a constitutional challenge to that requirement.) But an AP story is saying that some libraries are choosing to opt out of the E-rate program entirely, forgoing the federal technology funding. Apparently, the amounts of aid per library are sufficiently small and the application process sufficiently cumbersome that the filter requirement is a back-breaking straw.

As one of my professors said, "If you're going to set a trap, you have to remember to bait it."

 
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On the other hand... (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, June 14 @ 18:44:26 EDT
This could be seen as an intentional side effect. Less government funding for libraries which won't adhere to the administration's standards. This makes sense from both a religious and small-government perspective (to the administration, not to me).


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