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Wednesday 29 November 2006

In order to prevent users accessing porn, a Michigan library has done just that.

The Mt. Clements Public Library switched off its internet access this Monday, because people were using the computers to look at pornography. Library Director Donald Worrell said, “Where the terminals are located it’s quite possible that children and young families can see this. It’s totally inappropriate.” The library claims that it isn’t practical to just move the terminals (to a top shelf?) and that instead it is working with its attorneys to find a way to bring the public library back online.

Source: WXYZ via Techdirt.

Posted by Anne-Fay | Tags: censorship, libraries
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