21 Mar
2001
21 Mar
'01
11:42 a.m.
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
Both the American Civil Liberties Union and The American Library Association filed suit 3-20-2001 in Federal court to stop the Children's Internet Protection Act (CHIPA). This is the act that forces libraries and schools to use filtering software (censorware).
Oddly enough, the san francisco public libraries are reading it as an act that prevents them from getting federal funds for internet access instead. Bear