Talk:Children's Internet Protection Act

message: All.  ACLU v. Gonzales, US District Court E.D. Pa., 22 March 2007, spends pages discussing filters and the ACLU expert saying how wonderful filters are. The judge agrees.  Someone should update this page with information from the case.  This post is to get everyone thinking in that area about what changes could/should be made. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling 01:50, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  COPA - District Court discusses filters 

message: All.  State CIPA-like laws should be a subsection here too, and I'd like to start people thinking in that direction by adding this Talk section.
For example, Virginia just passed a state CIPA-like law.  I will provide the information below for the purpose of illustrating the issue I raise as people decide whether or not to include a state CIPA section and why.  I do not expect the proposed state CIPA section of this CIPA page to be this voluminous:
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http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/wb/xp-109919
Kaine signs library bill; The legislation requires public libraries to block obscene material with Internet filters.
By Michael Sluss
RICHMOND -- Gov. Tim Kaine has signed legislation requiring public 
libraries
to install Internet filters on their computers to block access to
pornography and other obscene material.
The bills (HB 2197 and SB 1393) require libraries that receive state 
funds
to install the filters, but allow adults to have the filters disabled 
for
research or for other legitimate purposes. The bills passed both houses 
of
the General Assembly with solid majorities, and Kaine announced his 
support
of them on Thursday.
Fewer than half of the library systems in Virginia have the filters
installed. Supporters of the legislation said the filters will protect
children from viewing obscene material and keep others from using
taxpayer-funded computers to distribute pornography or solicit 
children.
"Now parents, regardless of where they live in Virginia, will soon have 
the
assurance that their children cannot be subjected to cyber-porn at 
their
local, neighborhood library," said Senate Majority Leader Walter 
Stosch,
R-Henrico County, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill.
Victoria Cobb, president of The Family Foundation of Virginia, said the
legislation "brings our publicly funded libraries on board with other 
child
protection measures already passed by the General Assembly." The Family
Foundation has been pushing for such legislation since 2004.
"In a world where nearly every day we hear another story about a child 
being
exploited by a sexual predator over the Internet, we need to do 
everything
we can to protect kids," Cobb said in prepared statement.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202027.html
VIRGINIA BRIEFING,
Friday, March 23, 2007; Page B05,
CRIME VICTIMS, LIBRARIES
Kaine Signs Bills Into Law
Computers in public libraries will be required to have Internet 
filters, and
crime victims must be given time off from work to testify in court 
under two
bills Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) signed into law.
The Internet legislation, meant to shield children from pornography 
and
violent material, allows library employees to disable the filters for 
adults
who are conducting research.
Kaine said yesterday that he also signed legislation to improve access 
to
higher education for military members and their dependents.
Tim Craig
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http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/6675287.html
Internet Filters, Harrisonburg, 
Reporter: Kelly Creswell
There's a federal law already in place that mandates that libraries 
have to
use internet filters or else they won't receive federal money. But 
still
about half the public libraries in Virginia decided not to use the 
filters
because they felt it was restricting citizen's rights. But a new state 
law
doesn't even give public libraries the option. The libraries have to 
have
internet filters or there will be no state funding and most public 
libraries
rely on state funds. The new state law doesn't affect the way 
Massanutten
Library operates.
"Massanutten Regional receives $440,000 in state aid every year, so
essentially there's not a choice with this, we do have to filter, and 
we'll
continue to do it," says Library Director Phil Hearne.
Library Director Phil Hearne disagrees with the law, saying it 
restricts a
citizen's right to freedom of information. But Hearne says these 
filters
aren't perfect. "Say for example I wanted to do research on the pros 
and
cons of pornography, I would come over to this work station type on the 
word
pornography and click the search button, but the filter wouldn't let me
access the Internet." But Senator Mark Obenshain says the new law is 
very
reasonable.
"If somebody is doing legitimate research, and finds that the filter is
inhibiting their ability to do that," says Senator Mark Obenshain. "We 
wrote
into the law, a provision that requires the library to disable it just 
upon
their request, so I think it's a very reasonable approach to a very 
real
problem."
And that problem is to watch out for younger children. But Hearne says 
there
are other ways to stop people from looking at obscene material.
Filters aren't the only solution," says Hearne. "It's really, the best
solution is staff monitoring, simple as that and we've always done a 
good
job with that."
The Massanutten Regional Library Director says he rarely has a problem 
with
people looking up pornography. But the library does have a policy. He 
says
his staff gives out one warning if they find a person looking at
inappropriate material, and if that person is caught again, they are 
banned
forever from using computers at the library.
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Thanks for your consideration.  --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling 15:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a new sub-section on State laws to the Internet censorship in the United States article. Jeff Ogden (talk) 23:32, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  State CIPA-like laws should be a subsection 

message: What's really funny is that cipa means "Pussy" in Polish. ;-) 
Yeah xD What they cannot change children's to kid's? It's not UK o_O.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.77.92.173 (talk) 22:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CIPA 

message: The external links section of this article is ranging all over the place and probably needs to stick to the topic of the law at hand and/or its implementation. Here are the links that are there that I have moved here. I'd assert that the lists of people pro and anti-filtering is not directly relevant to a CIPA article and the studies abotu youth and pronography likewise aren't. They may belong on an article about filtering or pornogrphy but they're really not relevant here and unless the long lists are somehow cited, it seems like original research and/or non NPOV. Since one of the frequent editors of this page -- User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling -- is also a contributor or owner or operator of two of the linked sites (in the "organizations supporting CIPA" section) SafeLibraries and Plan2Succeed I'd like to hear from other editors of this page as well. Thank you.  Jessamyn (talk) 03:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Good move, Jessamyn. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links section is way off-topic 

message: A translation of the bill's name is:
* Protección de Menores de Internet 
WhisperToMe (talk) 03:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Spanish name

message: There is some info and stats in:
*Filtering and the First Amendment ALA, April 2, 2013. "April 2012, a federal district court in Spokane, Washington, issued a decision that brought all the misunderstandings and confusion about CIPA to the forefront. The lawsuit, Bradburn et. al v. North Central Regional Library District..." + "Snapshot of Filtering in School Libraries" By Helen R. Adams
*Access Denied: School Librarians’ Responses to School District Policies on the Use of Social Media Tools Jeffrey DiScala, School Library Research Volume 16. 2013. ISSN: 2165-1019  (www.ala.org/aasl/slr American Association of School Librarians) "Shortly before this study was conducted, Wikipedia was added to the list of resources blocked by the school district. This decision was sufficiently overt that each school librarian mentioned it without being asked."
*Filtering in Schools American Association of School Librarians, 2012. "Uses and Types of Filtering (...) When asked whether their schools or districts filter online content, 98% of the respondents said content is filtered. (...) Who and What Gets Filtered (...) The survey found that 68% of the decisions to unblock a site are made at the District level and only 17% of the decisions are made at the building level." + a lot more stats!
Maybe some barcharts (Template:Bar box)? --Atlasowa (talk) 18:17, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prevalence of filtering