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Old 03-23-2001, 11:48 AM  
longhair
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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Library Internet Filters - Good or Bad?

Well, I thought my 100th post should acutally be about something important.

I've been following the stories about libraries putting in porn filters and I wondered what you guys think about it. The libraries are crying freedom of speech, the government is saying they can force it since the libraries get goiv't funding.

As a webmaster I say filter 'em. Anybody looking at porn in a library is either a kid or someone who doesn't even own a computer, so there's no way in hell they're going to buy a pay site membership. They would be filtering out useless traffic for us which would save us money on bandwidth.

The downside is that this gives the gov't an in regarding freedom of speech on the net. It would give them a (what they feel) victory over porn and encourage them to do more.

Ok, go.
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