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Libraries Can Legally Filter Porn

MEMORANDUM OF LEGAL OPINION
Library Procedures for Disabling Software Filtering and Unblocking Web Sites
8/25/2003
By Janet M. LaRue, Chief Counsel

I. INTRODUCTION
Concerned Women for America provides these comments for consideration by
public library officials with respect to implementing software filtering
requirements in conformity to 21 U.S.C. 2134 and the decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court in U.S. v. American Library Association (ALA), No. 02-361,
2003 U.S. LEXIS 4799 (June 23, 2003), upholding the constitutionality of the
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
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Mother, Children See Porn On Library Computer

April 1, 2005

VACAVILLE, Calif.

Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez says that looking at adult Web sites
is against the library's policy.
"There are community standards," Vasquez said. "According to our acceptable
uses, that's one you're not supposed to. We will go turn off the
computers."...

Legal experts say libraries can choose whether to filter pornographic
material. According to McGeorge law professor Leslie Jacobs, "libraries may
constitutionally choose to exclude pornography from both their print and
Internet offerings. Libraries may exercise broad discretion in choosing what
material to include in their collections."

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