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Should public libraries allow access to unfiltered materials?
Choice Votes Percentage of 621 Votes
Yes 199 32%
No 422 68%


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Mother, Children See Porn On Library Computer
Some Counties Do No Filter Computer Materials

POSTED: 4:27 pm PST March 31, 2005
UPDATED: 5:40 pm PST March 31, 2005

SACRAMENTo -- A Vacaville mother hopes her shocking experience at a county library will change the way people search the Internet.

When Toni Horn and her daughters went to Vacaville's Town Square Library last Saturday, they went online to look for children's books, Horn said, but instead saw something very adult.


"There was a young boy (next to us), who I believe was a minor, looking at pornography. I looked at my kids, and my 9-year-old daughter was staring right at it," Horn said.


The boy was asked to leave, but Horn said her feeling of unease didn't go away. She now wants the library to block porn.


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Legal experts say libraries can choose whether to filter pornographic material. According to McGeorge law professor Leslie Jacobs, "libraries may constitutionally choose to exclude pornography from both their print and Internet offerings. Libraries may exercise broad discretion in choosing what material to include in their collections."

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