Children’s Internet Protection Act: A Good Idea Ahead of Technology’s Reach?

This one comes by way of Christianity Today
\”What is it about the Children\’s Internet Protection Act that, for the past four months or so, had pundits and politicians tied up in knots? One might have expected the law, which requires schools and libraries that receive federal technology funds to use anti-pornography filtering software, to be met with the same praises and damnations one always hears. But that didn\’t happen this time. Instead, Republicans and social conservatives found themselves praising federal control of schools and libraries, something that\’s been anathema, since long before the Contract with America.\” [more…]