From The Almagordo Daily News, Elva Osterreich writes…
\”Several previous attempts by the federal government to regulate library and school Internet access to children have been overturned by complaints from the ACLU and other organizations. CIPA is the latest version of the act and is currently being contested, but until the act is actually overturned, the school systems must comply or possibly lose certain federal and state support. Libraries and schools will be required to implement a means to block or filter access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or that are harmful to minors on the Internet; implement technology that monitors on-line activities of minors; and determine a way to protect minors while using e-mail, chat rooms and other forms of electronic communication. School systems will be required to implement firewalls to prevent hacking or unauthorized access to information and implement security so personal information about minors cannot be disseminated. The most likely method of filtering Internet sites for the schools would be to contract with a national company which daily searches of the Internet for objectionable sites to filter.\” [more…]
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