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NY Times: Internet Filters Are: [Good] [Bad] [Both]

In a case decided by the Supreme Court last week, the American Civil Liberties Union had argued that Internet filters are a great way to protect children from pornographic material online. But in a case decided by the Supreme Court last year, the A.C.L.U. argued against a law requiring filters in schools and libraries, and the organization attacked filters in a 1997 paper that said "rating and blocking proposals may torch free speech on the Internet."