Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Supreme Court backs library porn filters. Librarians haven't been this sexy since Casanova    Tomalak's Realm, 6/24/2003; 9:18:32 AM.     News.Com: Supreme Court backs library Net filters. In upholding the law, the court said protecting young library users from inappropriate material was a substantial government interest and that filtering software is currently the best way to do that. "No clearly superior or better-fitting alternative to Internet filters has been presented," the opinion stated.    Wired News, 6/24/2003; 9:18:26 AM.     Filter-Bashing Alive and Well. Content-filtering firms get a boost from this week's Supreme Court decision allowing the government to require schools and libraries to use blocking software or forego funding. But critics of filtering software contend the programs still don't work. By Joanna Glasner.    Dan Gillmor's eJournal, 6/24/2003; 9:18:24 AM.     Library Filters OK'd, First Amendment Loses. AP: Court OKs Anti-Porn Filters in Libraries. The 6-3 ruling reinstates a law that told libraries to install filters or...    New York Times: Politics, 6/24/2003; 9:18:17 AM.     Librarians Size Up Internet Filter Law's Impact. The two sides in the battle over requiring libraries to use Internet pornography filters differed sharply over the Supreme Court's decision. By John Schwartz.    Justices Back Law to Make Libraries Use Internet Filters. The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that requires public libraries to install antipornography filters on all computers. By Linda Greenhouse.    BBC News | Technology | UK Edition, 6/24/2003; 9:18:07 AM.     US porn-filter law upheld. The Supreme Court upholds a law forcing public libraries to protect children from obscenity by filtering internet pornography.    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories, 6/24/2003; 9:18:07 AM.     High court OK's Internet filters for public libraries. The decision adds latitude for shielding kids from porn, but curbs free speech.    Scripting News, 6/24/2003; 9:18:01 AM.     NY Times article on yesterday's Supreme Court decision about filtering in libraries. And another explains what it means for libraries and their patrons. 9:31:49 AM

Congress Online: Much Sizzle, Little Steak. Almost every representative and every senator in Congress has a Web site offering virtually everything except what becomes legends most: their voting records. By Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Politics] 9:28:11 AM