... , however there are no official watchdogs for these programs that will tell users exactly what sites are filtered. The minder software Cybersitter was claimed to censor access to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the National Organization for Women due to their references to lesbianism, as well as cites containing the phrase "Don't buy Cybersitter". Organizations devoted to ... Michigan student was arrested by the FBI for posting a story to the newsgroup, sex stories describing an "encounter" with a female student, which he named. His story was a "violent narr...

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... issue of the filtering software's inability to distinguish between pornography and sexually related topics, and hindering internet research by blocking sites with subject matter like sex education or help for rape victims. In this debate I would have to agree that internet access in the library should not be completely filtered. Not only is it a violation of the first amendment, but the ... being exposed to obscene material. In Loudon County Va., Patrons sued because the filtering software the library was using wouldn't allow them to access topics such as Breast Cancer and gay and lesbi...

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