Jonathan Sher reports: Just why Internet filters at London public libraries were scrapped became murkier yesterday after key supporters of their removal challenged explanations by the chair of the city’s library board. Board chair David Winninger, also a member of city council, had said the board was prompted to investigate the removal of the filters…
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Can Libraries Refuse to Disable Filters?
In the first legal challenge to Internet filtering practices enacted by relatively few libraries, the Washington Supreme Court is weighing whether the North Central Regional Library (NCRL), Wenatchee, can refuse to turn off filters at the request of adult patrons seeking constitutionally protected material. At issue in Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library, which was the…