chanel
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This is from 2004:
The library could put in a filter, but many don't. Our local library does not restrict any sites.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a legal balancing act, the Supreme Court has decided Congress is allowed to protect children from pornography on public library computers, a move the majority said does not infringe on the free speech rights of others.
The 6-3 ruling on Monday by the justices upheld a federal law that allows the federal government to withhold money from libraries that won't install blocking devices. Libraries had complained that the law turned them into censors, but they lost their First Amendment challenge.
The library could put in a filter, but many don't. Our local library does not restrict any sites.