Periodicals > Beach Buzz > Volume 3, Number 4
| Name: | Court Victory: Web Censorship in Public Libraries Ruled Unconstitutional |
| Authors: | Unknown |
| Indexed Date: | 2 Oct. 2024 |
| Index Status: | Complete |
| Original Language: | English |
| Genre: | Non-Fiction |
| Citation: | Unknown. “Court Victory: Web Censorship in Public Libraries Ruled Unconstitutional.” Beach Buzz, Volume 3, Number 4, Dec. 2002, p. 4, https://www.beachesfoundation.org |
Summary
A three-judge panel in Philadelphia decisively rejected a federal law that mandates public libraries to use content filters denying patrons access to constitutionally protected speech online. Despite focusing on shielding children from pornography, the law's filters were found to also block legitimate websites, leading to a legal challenge by the Naturist Action Committee and others.