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Loudoun Ruling Gives Florida Library Pause about FilteringHillsborough County Assistant County Attorney David Barberie has indicated he'd be advising officials to revise the Internet policy for the Tampa-Hillsborough (Fla.) Public Library System in the wake of the November 23 decision overturning Loudoun County's mandatory use of filters. "It appears the court has said that, at least as it pertains to adults, there's not a filter that exists that doesn't give someone an argument that it restricts their First Amendment rights," he told the Tampa Tribune December 7. THPL bought WebSense after receiving $30,000 last spring from the county commission for a one-year trial of the pornography-blocking efficacy of filtering technology. The mandate was precipitated by then-commissioner Joe Chillura, who sent some 700 constituents a letter urging them to press for library computer filters. "The public is not aware of what is allowed to be seen in their libraries," Chillura explained to the paper in March. THPL spokesperson Jeannie Fletcher told American Libraries that Barberie is slated to give trustees a First Amendment "mini-workshop" January 28, after which they will begin deliberating whether to advise policy revisions to the commission. Posted December 14, 1998. |
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