Anonymous Patron writes “Fairfield Daily Republic – Fairfield,CA takes a look at filtering. Because it’s nearly impossible to separate educational material from the lewd content permeating the Internet, officials in charge of public libraries have to choose between the free flow of information and locking out sites that may contain offensive pictures or text.
“I come in here to study the reproductive system and I’ll enter a word that might have to do with a medical condition, like testicular cancer, and pornography pops up,” Stockman said during a short interruption of her studies one afternoon at the county library in Fairfield.
It’s a classic example of clashing human rights: Personal privacy versus freedom of information. Neither can exist in totality without infringing on the other, county officials say.”
Personal privacy?
I’m not sure how pesonal privacy works in this context.