Reader’s Block: Internet Censorship in Rhode Island Public Libraries, A Report prepared by the Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union, April 2005.
concomitantly taken on a new role: that of censor. This is due, in part, to a federal law that took effect last year, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). CIPA requires libraries that want to continue to receive federal
funding to employ technology that blocks a wide range of information from being accessed over the Internet. But a new survey conducted by the ACLU shows that public libraries in Rhode Island are, in some respects, going beyond the federal laws mandates, and inappropriately discouraging or barring patron access to constitutionally protected material.”
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