Lawmaker seeks crackdown on Internet sex at library

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on a bill set to be heard by Massachusetts lawmakers on Monday.
The measure, sponsored by Republican House leader Francis Marini, would also block Internet access to \”satanic cults\”, \”indecent depictions of bodily functions\” and \”illicit drugs, alcohol or tobacco products\”, in Massachusetts libraries.

\’\’Libraries are where people go to get information and have the broadest access to it,\’\’ said John Roberts, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. \’\’What you are doing is using a bat to swat a fly.\’\’