Implementing Filters: To disable quickly or cautiously?

First Monday has published a paper by Mary Minow entitled Lawfully Surfing the Net: Disabling Public Library Internet Filters to Avoid More Lawsuits in the United States. In it, she discusses how the CIPA ruling handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States in July 2003 “only examined the law as written, leaving the door open to future lawsuits based on the actual local practices by libraries”. Mary examines the “quick” approach to disabling filters, and the “cautious” approach. Her conclusions may surprise and/or please you. This paper should be required reading for those tasked with implementing filtering in compliance with CIPA.

April 10, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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