Excerpt: Soon, City Council members will get the full, unadulterated details about surfing for porn at city libraries.
One early report shows that the library’s Web traffic control system has been busy identifying websites and images that are clearly pornographic — along with ones that clearly are not.
It’s a control system the city could use to block those websites at no additional cost.
That is something the council may consider later this year, when they get a full 90-day report of what kinds of illicit Web-surfing might be happening at libraries.
“Right now I want to make sure we have good information about how our taxpayer-funded computers in public facilities are being used,” said Councilman Danny Thompson, who first raised the issue last month.
Previous article in the News-Record.
Library computer users viewing porn anger parents. (11/15/2009)
Editorial: Libraries versus porn. (11/19/2010)
A man with a mission to root out porn. (4/18/2010)
Libraries may get filters for websites. (8/3/2010)
Editorial: No easy way to filter library computers. (8/5/2010)
Letter to the editor: Do city council members have their library cards? (8/11/2010)
Library trustees pick less restrictive Internet filter. (8/17/2010)
Council won't filter library computers. (8/18/2010)
Editorial: The library, unfiltered. (8/21/2010)
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