Should the Gov't provide internet access?

[clifgriffin]

I think by July, all libraries/institutions that receive government funding must impement some type of filtering/monitoring software to continue funding.

TGLC, that raises the question: Who needs 24/7 internet access?

[TallGuyLittleCar]

Originally posted by clifgriffin
I think by July, all libraries/institutions that receive government funding must impement some type of filtering/monitoring software to continue funding.

TGLC, that raises the question: Who needs 24/7 internet access?

not everybody is on the same schedule.

scenario. poorkid.
wake up 6:00. find breakfast get ready for school(sleep). 7:00
school 8 to 3 o'clock. work 3 - 10 oclock. after 10... ****ing library closed.

Concerning library filtering, who decides what is filtered and what is not?

If i am doing a report of the declining morals of western civilization, do you really think I'll be able to access a site on the marguis de sade's works?

Or what about "hate speach"

what if i'm doing a report on the history of propaganda?

[kb1827]

Originally posted by clifgriffin
I think by July, all libraries/institutions that receive government funding must impement some type of filtering/monitoring software to continue funding.

TGLC, that raises the question: Who needs 24/7 internet access?

Filtering software has been proven to be buggy, blocking harmless sites and letting unwanted sites through, because it is almost fully based all on keywords.

It's been fought many times in different courts...and this time, it's both Republicans and Democrats fighting for the enaction of such a bill...

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/05/31/ju...ing/index.html

[kb1827]

Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
scenario. poorkid.
wake up 6:00. find breakfast get ready for school(sleep). 7:00
school 8 to 3 o'clock. work 3 - 10 oclock. after 10... ****ing library closed.

Schedules are a bit earlier if it's for high school...

Wake up at 6, school at 7:25, end at 2:30, homework till no one knows when...

...and if you work for money as well, thats about 3 tonnes of caffiene a night right there.