Por-no-no: A twisted trip through public libraries’ battle with Internet pornography

Anonymous Patron writes The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Reports from Iowa on filtering. They say many American libraries and librarians find themselves balancing some patrons’ freedom of speech and other patrons’ right to be free from potentially offensive material. American libraries can house anything that is legal in the “outside world,” including pornography; but each library chooses what material it will make available. Most libraries work to serve as community-oriented learning centers for everyone.”