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}}}>Begin Federal law helps religious filtering firms proselytize Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 11:32:12 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: Federal law helps religious filtering firms proselytize From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Last I checked, the Feds give libraries billions of dollars a year. Is it really a surprise that if if you route that kind of cash through Washington every year, Congress will notice -- and slap wacky restrictions on it? And because libraries aren't required to take the handouts, the ACLU's court challenge (trial this spring) may not be terribly successful. --Declan] -- From: Kimberly Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bias in Web Filtering Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 07:30:15 -0800 Declan, This is of possible interest to Politechbots. I continue to be amazed at the actions we will take "in protection of children," when these same actions would be blatantly unconstitutional if attempted against adults. Do children need protection from the Constitution? Kim Allen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REPORT CITES RELIGIOUS BIAS IN SCHOOL WEB FILTERS A recent report from the Responsible Netizen Project of the University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Technology in Education draws attention to links between conservative religious groups and the Internet filtering tools being used in several public schools. The report, titled "Filtering Software: The Religious Connection," looks at 8 companies who are either connected to conservative Christian organizations or who have expressed conservative religious philosophies. Several of the companies profiled in the report have used the Children's internet Protection Act (CIPA) as a way to target public schools looking for technology solutions that will bar students from seeing inappropriate online material. The report surmises that there has been some conservative bias in the material that has been selected to be blocked from students. [SOURCE: eSchools, AUTHOR: Dennis Pierce] (http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3537) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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