ALA on Filtering

[Mark Wilden]

> From: Jerry Kuntz <jkuntz at rcls.org>
>
> The resolution's reference to the Library Bill of
> Rights leads one to guess that they would be against parental control of
> one's own children's filtering configuration within the library. Is
> everyone comfortable with that?] 

I am. A parent could still filter what her child sees on the Net the same way as she filters what
books the child sees on the shelves.

> BTW, I'm still waiting for a configurable filter that will screen out
> advertising banners and commercial sites, whose cumulative effects scare
> me more as a parent than cyberporn does. Why was there no resolution
> aimed at search engine vendors to offer secure, ad-free interfaces to
> schools and libraries?

Where does the money come from to support those sites, if not from ad revenue?