At tonight’s meeting, the Greensboro City Council will hear a recommendation from public library trustees for a limited filter on ‘inappropriate material’ —- porn.
Ed Cone —-who’s been driving the issue —– reacts in cryptic fashion. But I also took note of this comment from a library trustee:
Inappropriate computer incidents dropped from 89 in the first six months of 2009 to 18 during that same time period this year, after the new software was added to slow inappropriate downloads.
“We have taken actions, and they’ve worked,” library trustee Donna Anderson said.
Anderson, who home-schools her children and takes them to public libraries once or twice a week, said she wouldn’t trust just a filter.
“It’s a false sense of security,” she said.
It sounds to me like Ms. Anderson believes the library should take more restrictive measures to prevent users from downloading porn, given the fact that council member Danny Thompson has been accused of political posturing when addressed the issue a couple of weeks ago. I’m surprised the trustees didn’t put up more resistance.
At any rate, the reaction of the council —when presented with a concrete plan —- will be interesting to watch.
Bonus observation: Note comment from ‘You Say Porn, I Say Art.’ Point taken, although what measures the library could besides ‘just a filter’ isn’t spelled out.
