High court upholds internet filters in libraries 

                                                                                                                                                                      Vol. XVI, No. 7, August 2003

    The U.S. Supreme Court finally has affirmed a congressional attempt to protect children from online pornography. In a 6-3 decision issued June 23, the high court upheld a federal law, the Children's Internet Protection Act, requiring public libraries that receive government Internet discounts to install filters on their computers to block pornography. The ruling reversed an opinion last year by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a portion of the Children's Internet Protection Act. [BP]