The Proliferation of Technical Internet Filtering Practices: Tracking Policy and Its Implementation Through a Systemic Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-502
Author(s):  
Benjamin Zaiser
Keyword(s):  
Internet Filtering

scholarly journals An analysis of American public libraries’ policies on patron use of Internet pornography

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-74
Author(s):  
Hannah Edlund
Keyword(s):  
First Amendment ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Internet Pornography ◽  
Internet Filtering ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Children’S Internet Protection Act ◽  
Use Of Internet

AbstractDrawing on and expanding previous graduate course research, this paper investigated and analyzed public libraries’ policies regarding patron use of legal, visual Internet pornography on public computers. Pornographic imagery that falls within legal boundaries is protected by the First Amendment. Incidents of, and library responses to, pornography viewing are not a new issue and have caused turmoil across the field of library and information science. In an attempt to understand the problem, the research question asks: how do public libraries respond to patrons viewing legal Internet pornography, while upholding First Amendment rights as well as the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and other legal requirements? Libraries tread a fine line to protect First Amendment rights, respect community laws, and uphold CIPA. Research indicated that responding to Internet pornography use in public libraries is heavily dependent on individual, community and library values. Policies are more likely to prohibit patrons from accessing Internet pornography, and most libraries have at least some Internet filtering software restricting what content may be accessed on public use computers. However, evidence also suggests that regardless of policy or filters, library staff will at some point encounter a patron accessing Internet pornography.

Beyond Rhetoric: Internet Filtering in Virginia Public Libraries

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L. Coggins ◽  
James W. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Internet Filtering

Filtering Online Content in China

2012 ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
Jyh-An Lee
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Internet Filtering ◽  
Chinese Case ◽  
The Law

This chapter focuses on the Internet filtering mechanism the Chinese government adopted in order to prevent individual users from accessing foreign online content. Based on the case of Internet filtering in China, the author argues that when citizens are regulated by code rather than by the law, they will experience and perceive such code-based controls as natural. From the Chinese case, it should also be noted that the Internet’s effects on politics varies depending upon how its architecture is designed.

scholarly journals Internet Filtering in China in 2004-2005: A Country Study

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Bambauer ◽  
Ronald J. Deibert ◽  
John G. Palfrey ◽  
Rafal Rohozinski ◽  
Nart Villeneuve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Filtering ◽  
Country Study
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