Court to Hear Case Against Public Library Filtering Software

[Eric Schnell]

The case ACLU vs. Loudoun County, Va., will go on. In a 36-page ruling, 
Judge Brinkema said the county government had "misconstrued the
nature of the Internet" in ordering the use of the filters. And she 
held that the county library board:

    "may not adopt and enforce content-based restrictions on 
access to protected Internet speech" unless such restrictions 
are found to meet Constitutional scrutiny." 

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-Eric


Eric Schnell
Assistant Professor
Head, Automation Services
Prior Health Sciences Library
The Ohio State University
schnell.9 at osu.edu / 614-292-4870
http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric.html