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Forced Filtering

By Red Wolf

25 April 2001

In Politics, Rights, Technology, World

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The ramifications of a new US law forcing public libraries to filter Internet content against their will or risk losing federal funds may impact Australia. But free-speech advocates are fighting back.

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