Supreme Court to hear CIPA challenge
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear arguments over the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The 2000 law would have required public libraries to use anti-pornography software filters on public-access Internet computers or lose federal funding. The ACLU, the American Library Association and other groups challenged the law, and a panel of federal judges declared it unconstitutional last year, stating, "Given the crudeness of filtering technology, any technology protection measure mandated by CIPA will necessarily block access to a substantial amount of speech whose suppression serves no legitimate government interest." More. Past Daze items about CIPA.
