Helen Freeman sent over Some News from Salemnews.com.
They say a man using the Internet to prey on an underage girl and used the library’s free computer to do it.
Brian Morton, 21, was arrested last month and charged with violating a new, untested state law against enticing a child under 16 through the Internet. The matter is now before the courts, but the case throws into sharp relief the continuing difficulties that computers present at public libraries.
“We try to monitor what children look at,” he says. “But you can’t do it very well because it’s a zoo in here. It’s extremely busy. Kids are running around. That’s how it is.”
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