Ottawa: Filtering and Unanswered Questions

Gary Deane has 2 stories from Ottawa on the filtering troubles.

The wheat from the chaff tries to ask, what now?

They say “the library is, and must be, a place where all kinds of information and writing is found, some of it very explicit and controversial. But the library doesn’t simply dredge up whatever is out there in the ocean of information. The Internet can be a great tool if used with some discretion.

Choosing best way to block library porn says the recent row over computer filters at the Ottawa Public Library was one of the liveliest — and the author says worthwhile — debates in recent history.