The School Internet Filtering Act is another bill that would require all public and school libraries receiving federal funds to install filters on all their Internet terminals, thus creating a federal mandate. Last year's School Internet Filtering Act went nowhere, but John McCain was at it again in February 99 with the cleverly titled Children's Internet Protection Act . This act also failed, but would have required schools to install censorware on every computer with Internet access, regardless of grade level, as a condition for receiving E-Rate funding . No decisions have been made. Filtering Types 1.
Subscription services use both hardware and software.
Filtering Methods Used 1. Protocol blocks whole categories of web communications such as IRC and newsgroups. The American Library Association and librarians are traditionally proponents of free speech, unfettered access, and constitutional rights. Librarians have long fought the battle of banned books. So much of what we formerly had to purchase for the reference collection such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and phone books are now available free on the web.