OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Public libraries' use of Internet filters to block content does not run afoul of the state constitution, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 6-3 ruling, the ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit in January against Salem, Missouri and the town’s Library Board in federal court, claiming the library unconstitutionally blocked access to Web ...

In the wake of a federal court's unanimous decision declaring the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) unconstitutional, supporters of the mandatory Internet filtering law have not only appealed ...

The ACLU on Aug. 15 filed a federal lawsuit against a public school district in Missouri that blocks school computers from access to LGBT supportive organizations. The ACLU charges that the school ...

A legal skirmish is shaping up over the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which passed the United States Senate 95-3 last December. Sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), CIPA requires ...

It's not often that local governments are thankful they do not receive much federal funding, but in the case of local libraries, they should be. The recent Supreme Court decision allows the federal ...

People are talking about internet content filtering, especially since the ACLU won its case against the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which tried to censor all speech about sex from the internet ...

The Association for Alternative Information criticised the central internet filter to be enforced on 22 August. The association found the corresponding recommendations issued by the Internet Committee ...

Massive criticism on the internet filter system to be enforced on 22 August was voiced in a meeting on the matter at Bilgi University on 25 May. The participants demanded to withdraw the decision. The ...

The Supreme Court is debating a law dealing with children and the Internet. The law limits the accessibility of adult material on public computers as a way to protect children from seeing it. Some ...

Annie is a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation. Filtering and blocking software can shield children from obscene content, and it is worth ...