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BACK TO SCHOOL(ING)

With countless children across the nation continuing their education online
amidst COVID-19, they’re at a greater risk of exposure to the harmful effects of
pornography that is all too often and easily accessible on school devices and
databases.  Parents and educators are overwhelmed and anxious trying to mitigate
the many risks and unknowns of the upcoming school year. Combatting pornography
accessible through school-issued technology is beyond their individual capacity
to control, especially in our current context.  They need support and concrete
measures to be taken by all accountable entities.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s 2020 Back to School(ing) Campaign
aims to equip families and educators with information, resources, and actions
they can take to keep kids safe online as vast numbers of students start the
school year in a virtual learning environment. Over the four week campaign,
we’ll feature the people, organizations, and entities that can have the greatest
impact ensuring a safe online learning environment, specifically: families,
school administrators, corporations, and the US federal government.

Resources:

 * The ABCs of Safe Online Home Learning
 * Student Online S-A-F-E-T-Y: Is your school making the grade?
 * Corporations in the Classroom: What are Google and EBSCO teaching our kids?
 * Promoting Pornography-free Schools: The Role of the US Dept. of Education
 * Download Protect Young Minds’ Back to School Online Safety Planner and 4 Safe
   & Sane Strategies for Virtual School
 * Check out the FBI’s Stop Sextortion campaign

Schools and libraries should serve as safe and healthy havens for children to
expand their minds, strengthen their character, and build positive relationships
with peers and adults.

Unfortunately, sexually exploitive material is all too often easily accessible
in these learning environments. Research shows that exposure to pornography and
sexually explicit material puts children and adolescents at risk for a host of
harms that threaten their intellectual growth, productivity, socio-emotional
stability, relationship-building capacity, and healthy sexual development and
behavior.

Schools and libraries can and should do more to foster safe, healthy, productive
learning environments for children: and that means doing everything possible to
ensure our kids are not exposed to pornography or sexually explicit material.

We need partnerships and policies between corporations, school administrations,
and parents that prioritize the social, emotional, and physical well-being of
children. Stronger protections against pornography on school-distributed devices
is a concrete step in the right direction.

Continue reading for more resources and information about how we can all work
toward Safe Schools, Safe Libraries.

FIVE WAYS SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES CAN PROMOTE PORNOGRAPHY-FREE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS

 1. Ensure adequate Internet and Wi-Fi filters are in place and functioning
    properly.
 2. Reject online school research databases that expose children to pornography,
    normalize sexually violent and risky acts, and promote prostitution.
 3. Secure filters and safety controls on school-issued devices like
    Chromebooks, iPads, laptops before they are distributed to children (*this
    is especially critical when students take home devices and/or are using
    devices for virtual learning).
 4. Train school and library staff on Internet safety, critical porn analysis,
    the harms of pornography exposure on minors, and protocols and policies for
    when a student or minor library patron is exposed to pornography.
 5. Educate students about Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety with clear
    instructions on what to do if they come across sexually exploitative
    material.

THREE WAYS SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ARE FOSTERING UNHEALTHY AND UNSAFE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS

 * Online school databases that expose children to pornography, normalize
   sexually violent and risky acts, and promote prostitution.
   * EBSCO Information Services offers online library resources to public and
     private schools (K-12), public libraries, and more. These are online
     resources provided by schools that children often use to do research for a
     school paper, or to complete other online homework. In its advertising for
     schools, it promises “fast access to curriculum-appropriate content.”
     However, several of EBSCO’s products provide easy access to hardcore
     pornography sites and extremely graphic sexual content. Innocent searches
     provide pornographic results. Via a system that bypasses school Internet
     filters, EBSCO brings the dark world of XXX to America’s elementary,
     middle, and high school children. Learn more here.

 * Inadequate, or non-existent, computer and Wi-Fi filters to prevent exposure
   to pornography.
   * Most schools and libraries are not using effective filtering on both the
     school computers and Wi-Fi, despite laws requiring them. In 2000 Congress
     passed (and the Supreme Court later upheld) the Children’s Internet
     Protection Act (CIPA)—a federal law that imposes requirements to filter
     Internet access to obscene pornography, child pornography, and other
     material that is harmful to minors. These requirements must be met in order
     for any school or library to receive funding from a governmental program
     called the E-rate program, which makes technology more affordable for
     eligible schools and libraries. However, CIPA requirements have been
     egregiously under-enforced, so schools and libraries are not being held
     accountable to filter.

 * Inadequate, or non-existent, filters to block pornography on school-owned
   devices like iPads or laptops that are distributed to children.
   * Beyond the responsibility of schools to create safe environments on their
     physical property, they also have a responsibility to create safe learning
     environments on school-owned devices they distribute. Schools around the
     country now give students iPads or laptops or other electronic devices with
     few, if any, monitoring systems. This is unacceptable. School
     administration responsibility extends beyond the school grounds—whether
     that is regarding a school-sponsored trip, or a school-sponsored device. On
     any fieldtrip schools would not allow students to be exposed to violent,
     degrading pornographic images, and so too they must take the necessary
     precautions to ensure school-distributed electronic devices are not
     exposing children to harmful material.




THIS IS A NATIONAL OUTRAGE.

Parents and guardians trust the schools and libraries to hold themselves
accountable to a higher standard of protecting children from sexually
exploitive, objectifying, and damaging material. Yet, news reports of children
gaining access to porn in schools and public libraries are a regular occurrence.

Pornography turns once-safe community schools and libraries into a XXX space
that fosters child sexual abuse, sexual assault, exhibitionism, stalking, and
lewd behavior in libraries across the country.

Quick facts about the harms of pornography:

 * A 2014 study found that increased pornography use is linked to decreased
   brain matter in the areas of motivation and decision-making, impaired impulse
   control, and desensitization to sexual reward.
 * A 2015 meta-analysis of 22 studies from seven countries found that
   internationally the consumption of pornography was significantly associated
   with increases in verbal and physical aggression, among males and females
   alike
 * As a result of viewing pornography women reported lowered body image,
   criticism from their partners regarding their bodies increased pressure to
   perform acts seen in pornographic films, and less actual sex, while men
   reported being more critical of their partners’ body and less interested in
   actual sex.
 * A 2015 study found that men’s frequency of pornography use is positively
   linked to body image insecurity regarding muscularity and body fat, and to
   increased anxiety in romantic relationships.

For citations and further research, visit
https://endsexualexploitation.org/publichealth/

Is this the kind of sexual education we want our communities to promote?

The good news is you can make a difference through the National Center on Sexual
Exploitation’s Safe Schools, Safe Libraries project.

Our Safe Schools, Safe Libraries project is a grassroots campaign designed to
empower parents throughout the country with the tools needed to identify the
local schools and public libraries where children are at risk.

Using our tactics, dozens of concerned citizens around the country have been
able to get their local schools and libraries to improve policies.




UPDATES


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PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY-FREE SCHOOLS: THE ROLE OF THE US DEPT. OF EDUCATION


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WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN MY LOCAL SCHOOLS AND
LIBRARIES?

You can be a leader in your area! We have many resources to help you.

You can download our “GETTING STARTED” packet right here.

Please let us know that you’re leading the charge in your area and let us help
you! We are here to help you organize, coordinate, network, and be successful!
Send us your name, phone number, and location. Email public@ncose.com.

IS THERE ANY PROOF THAT THIS IS HAPPENING?


VIDEO PROOF

This is a playlist of videos uploaded by library patrons, most made by teens,
who have caught other patrons viewing pornography at their local libraries.
After talking with many librarians, looking at the news articles that pop up in
“Google Alerts” daily on this topic, and just a quick perusal of YouTube – one
can see that this is clearly a common occurrence in public libraries.

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NEWS ARTICLES DEMONSTRATING HARM


2020

 * The Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Children at Risk of Online Sexual Exploitation
 * Pandemic causing exponential rise in online exploitation of children
 * Sweetwater Union High School District investigating instances of porn popping
   up during virtual classes (California)
 * Students in Surprise school exposed to porn in virtual classroom (Arizona)
 * Former Hockaday School teacher arrested on child pornography charge (Texas)
 * Instagram The Worst As Social Media Slammed As ‘A Gateway For Child Abuse’
 * Instagram biggest for child grooming online – NSPCC finds
 * Snapchat Has Become A ‘Haven For Child Abuse’ With Its ‘Self-Destructing
   Messages’
 * 5 Angry Parents Speak Up About Unprotected School-issued Chromebooks
 * 5 Things You Can Do to Ensure Your Children are Safe Online During Quarantine
 * STATEMENT – Google Fails to Protect Kids on School Sanctioned Chromebooks
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2018

 * “Cops: Sex offender viewed porn at library”

June 5, 2018

A 43-year-old Berwyn man convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Wisconsin
in 2014 is free on bond after being arrested by Riverside police for viewing
pornography on a computer at the Riverside Public Library in violation of the
conditions of his sentence.

 

 * “Porn on school iPad: Pasco mother says special education students exposed
   son to porn”

May 10, 2018

In Florida, the parents of a boy with special needs say that older students in
his special education classes used an iPad to show their son pornography. The
boy’s mother also “claims the school’s gym teacher called her son a
‘tattle-tale’ after he reported what happened.”

 

 * “Parents arrested after demanding answers about porn on school computer”

March 13, 2018

Parents of a boy in New York said their son came home from school one day and
said that another boy had been looking at porn on a school computer. The parents
showed up on campus to talk to school administrators about the incident, and the
administrators could not provide any details because the matter was under
investigation. The parents refused to leave the school property until they
received answers, and they were arrested for trespassing.

 

 * “Rowan County mother says pornography not blocked on 7-year-old son’s
   school-issued Ipad”

February 16, 2018

A mother claims her son unintentionally viewed pornography three times on a
school-issued iPad. Her son typed in the phrase “girls with trucks” and nude
pictures of girls popped up.

 

 * “Her granddaughter glimpsed porn at the public library. What’s a library to
   do?”

January 30, 2018

A woman’s nine-year-old granddaughter saw a man looking at pornography on a
computer at the library. She did some research and realized that looking at
adult websites at public libraries is actually legal. Librarians who see patrons
viewing pornography can ask them to move to a computer with a private screen,
but they claim they have no power to regulate the content that users view.


2017

 * “When patrons look at porn, librarians have a ‘tough needle to thread’”

December 21, 2017

Librarians report that they often have a hard time balancing the right of
freedom of information against protecting the rights of other patrons. Libraries
that receive federal funds are required to install filters, so many libraries
forego these funds in order to maintain “intellectual freedom.”

 

 * “Should people be allowed to watch porn at the library? Many are, and some
   aren’t happy”

November 22, 2017

NBC4’s report on pornographic viewing in libraries have spurred two city council
members to take action and demand the installation of filtering software on
library computers.

 

 * “Batavia man accused of accessing child porn at public library”

October 5, 2017

After being caught viewing child porn on a public library computer, a man is
facing federal child pornography charges. A librarian says he had confronted the
man about looking at pornography several times in the past couple of years.
Currently, the library does not use filtering programs to block certain
websites.

 

 * “Police investigate possible child-porn viewing at library”

September 30, 2017

A woman saw a man viewing child pornography on a library computer and the police
department is investigating the report. Although child pornography in any form
is illegal, the library policy does not limit or restrict access to information
due to controversial content. In fact, the library does not have any filters on
its public computers.

 

 * “West Richland parents say school computer porn filter not good enough”

September 25, 2017

Parents of a twelve-year-old boy say that their son stumbled upon pornographic
images on his school-issued laptop. After the parents looked into the matter,
they realized that the school filters did not block hundreds of pornographic
images. The problem with the school district’s filtering system is that it can
only block websites based on web address, keywords, or category, so it often
fails to block explicit images.

 

 * “Parent concerned about Huntsville City Schools laptop content filters”

September 1, 2017

A father of two children noticed that his son was able to pull up YouTube on a
school-issued laptop, on which YouTube was supposedly blocked. After doing some
simple searches, the father realized that pornographic content was easily
accessible on the laptop.

 

 * “You Can Watch Porn at Chicago Libraries, But That Doesn’t Mean You Should”

January 24, 2017

A woman went to the library to fill out forms for her mother’s nursing home, but
instead saw someone watching “very explicit” porn without blinders, without
headphones, and videotaping it on his phone.  “It’s not my business what they
look at,” said a librarian at Harold Washington Library.

 

 * “Olney man, 70, faces porn charges”

January 3, 2017

Monte Carrol Wainscott had several search warrants executed in which officers
were able to impose 15 charges of possession/ promotion of child pornography.
 It was found that he was using the library’s computers to upload pornographic
pictures of children.


2016

 * “Man imprisoned, downloaded child porn on public computers”

November 8, 2016

Using the Washoe County Public Library (Nevada) computers, a man downloaded
child sexual abuse images (i.e., child pornography) and email them to himself.

 

 * “Anderson man arrested on child pornography, voyeurism charges after graphic
   photos found on phone”

October 26, 2016

Police say the 36-year-old man was taking inappropriate pictures of children,
teens and adults without their knowledge. Library workers in Indiana told police
that they found child pornography on a computer that the man had recently used.

 

 * “S.E. Idaho man arrested after allegedly viewing child porn at public
   library”

October 26, 2016

A man was arrested after allegedly viewing child pornography at a public library
in Southeast Idaho.

 

 * “Kids Get an Eyeful At Public Library”

September 28, 2016

Kids studying after school at their local library went to check out a book, but
from the checkout line could see someone viewing porn on one of the library
computers.  The ALA says “the use of filtration software is a violation of the
First Amendment right to free speech.”

 * “Officer injured in arrest of suspect over possible child porn at library”

September 21, 2016

Police in Austin, Texas, watched live security video showing a man searching for
child sexual abuse images. Police say it appeared the man was saving the images
to a hard drive. The security officer recognized the man, having kicked him out
of the library once before for viewing pornography on the public computers.

 

 * “Police Catch Bridgewater Man Watching Porn In Public Library”

September 15, 2016

A Bridgewater, Connecticut, man was arrested at the town’s library after police
caught him committing a lewd act while apparently watching pornography on a
computer. Police say a 14-year-old was sitting next to him at the time.

 

 * “Man Charged With Viewing Child Porn at Library”

August 26, 2016

A Knox County, Kentucky, man was arrested Tuesday after he was allegedly
discovered looking at child sexual abuse images on a Pulaski County Public
Library computer.

 

 * “Man accused of viewing child porn at Cabell County library”

August 20, 2016

A man in Huntington, West Virginia, was arrested and charged with distribution
of child porn after Huntington Police state he accessed child porn via computer
at the Cabell County Public Library’s main branch in downtown Huntington.

 

 * “Houston library Wi-Fi shut down after porn downloads”

June 17, 2016

Two of Houston County’s public libraries were hacked and for downloads of
pornography. The libraries will both shut off their Wi-Fi until they obtain
federal money to update their systems.

 

 * “Sex offender arrested for downloading child porn at National City library”

May 9, 2016

A convicted sex offender was arrested allegedly downloading child pornography on
a computer at a San Diego, California, library and then distributing the images
to other people.

 

 * “Hamden Man Viewing Child Pornography at Library Leads to Arrest”

April 6, 2016

A complaint of a man viewing child pornography on a computer at the public
library in 2014 led to his arrest in 2016 for possession of child sexual abuse
images.

 

 * “Appeals Court Upholds UW-Eau Claire Library Porn Citation”

January 26, 2016

A state appeals court says a man does not have a constitutional right to view
pornography on a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire library computer.

 

 * “Billings Teacher Unsettled By Pornography Incident At Library”

January 19, 2016

While on a fieldtrip with her students at the Billings Public Library, a local
teacher saw of pornography on one of the private screens.

 

 * “Seattle Molester Under State’s Watch Begged For Child Porn”

January 14, 2016

Police say U-District sex offender fresh from prison downloaded child sexual
abuse images at a number of public Wi-Fi sites, including the Seattle Public
Library.

 


2015

 * “Winlock Man Held on $100,000 Bail After Arrest for Child Pornography”

December 24, 2015

A Winlock, Washington, man was arrested after an FBI investigation revealed that
he was allegedly using a social networking site and public library Internet
service to send and receive child sexual abuse images.

 

 * “Library Approves Unfiltered Computers in Children’s Section”

November 21, 2015

In what may be a national first, a public library has approved the use of
unfiltered computers in the children’s section of the library.

 * “Charge: Man had child porn at library”

September 23, 2015

A convicted sex offender is accused of distributing child sex abuse images from
a public computer at the Bellmawr branch of the Camden County Library, New
Jersey.

 

 * “Rochester Library Staff Member Injured Confronting Man Allegedly Watching
   Pornography”

July 22, 2015

The library staff was alerted after a man was seen sitting at a computer,
watching porn and masturbating. After staff told the man to leave, he started
screaming and threw a computer keyboard. A staff member followed him to the
parking lot where the man hit the staff member with is car.

 * “Man Charged with Touching 8-Year-Old Girl at Library”

April 22, 2015

An Oregon man was charged Wednesday with first-degree sexual assault of a child
after police said he touched an 8-year-old girl on the buttocks while she played
a game on a computer at the Madison Public Library. Police in another
jurisdiction reported multiple contacts the man because he searched for
pornography as school and public libraries. .

 

 * “FBI: Sex offender watched child porn at Akron libraries”

April 17, 2015

A homeless sex offender faces federal charges for watching pornography at
several Akron libraries.

 

 * “Orland Park Library Still Covering Up Child Porn”

March 7, 2015

The Orland Park Library is the scene of the latest effort by a library to cover
up its literally criminal ways by having published a letter to the editor of the
Orland Park Prairie.

 

 * “Internet pornography is welcome at our local public library”

March 7, 2015

Library patrons are disturbed by a man viewing pornography on public computers.
The librarian claims that all she can do is suggest he move to a more discreet
computer, of one is available.

 

 * “Man Arrested Watching Child Porn at Cabell. Co. Public Library”

February 27, 2015

A man uses public library computers to view underage girls in pornography.
Library patrons are surprised and stunned that a man could use the computer to
look up such explicit and illegal material.  

 

 * “Pornography in Local Libraries”

February 16, 2015

A group of regular library visitors is known for viewing sexually graphic video
and images with parents and children nearby. They also print sexually explicit
images, which cause other library patrons using printing services to be
involuntarily exposed to the material.

 

 * “Man Accused of Viewing, Printing Child Porn at Westland Public Library”

February 13, 2015

High school students spotted a man viewing child pornography on the computer at
the Westland Public Library. After arresting the man, the police found hundreds
of items related to child pornography in his home.

 

 * “Man charged with searching for child pornography on Fargo Library computer”

February 13, 2015

An arrest was issued for a Fargo man accused of using a public computer at the
Fargo library to search for child pornography.

 

 * “Sex offender imprisoned for viewing child porn at library”

January 31, 2015

A La Crosse man claimed he was looking at pictures of models on a public library
at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Murphy Library, but officers found
sexually graphic videos and pictures of children as young as 4-years-old during
a search of the computer.

 

 * “Mom Upset Her Young Daughter and Friend Saw Man at Library Viewing ‘Porn’ On
   Computer”

January 6, 2015

An 11-year old girl and her friend saw a man viewing porn on a computer, despite
the privacy screens, at a public library. She immediately told the librarian,
who informed her, and then her mother, that it was “his right” to view
pornography at a public library.

 


2014

 * “Porn in public library? Let’s do something about it”

October 17, 2014

A mother is concerned about the exposure of children to pornography at Auburn
Public Library. The woman was in the kid’s section with her children and
witnessed hard core pornography being watched on a screen in the adult section
that was facing right in their direction.

 

 * “Man Charged for Viewing Child Pornography at Library”

August 7, 2014

A Portland man is facing charges after he allegedly viewed child pornography
inside the Central Library in downtown Portland on Tuesday.

 

 * “Gilbert school bus driver downloaded child porn at library”

June 5, 2014

A former school bus driver on probation was arrested for downloading hundreds of
images of child porn at Scottsdale library. He specifically used the Mustang
Library because, according to him, its computers “don’t filter as well as the
other libraries.”

 

 * “Sexual Predator Gets 10 Years For Viewing Child Porn At Library”

May 13, 2014

A northwest suburban man listed by the state as a sexual predator will spend 10
years in prison for looking at child pornography on a computer at a public
library last year.

 

 * “Sex Offender Watched Child Porn at Akron Libraries”

April 17, 2015

A homeless sex offender faces federal charges that accuse him of watching child
pornography at several Akron libraries.

 

 * “Parkersburg Man Convicted of Accessing Child Pornography on Library
   Computer”

March 13, 2014

A 41-year-old Wood County resident was convicted of accessing child pornography
with intent to view it while he was logged on to a computer located at the
Parkersburg and Wood County Library.

 

 * “Police: Man Looked at Child Porn on Public Library Computer”

January 7, 2014

A 23-year-old Gresham man is facing criminal charges after police said he looked
at pornographic photos of children on a public computer at the library.

 


2013

 * “Westmont Man Charged After Viewing Porn at Library”

September 20, 2013

A Westmont man was charged with obscenity and disorderly conduct after he viewed
online pornography in the youth services area of his local library.

 

 * “Should libraries ban pornography on public computers?”

September 9, 2013

Seattle public library says, that because it is an issue of censorship, the
libraries will not stop their customers from accessing information that is
protected by the U.S. Constitution.

 

 * “Library patron accused of watching child porn”

August 6, 2013

A woman reported seeing a man viewing child pornography on a public computer at
Monroe library. The man had been downloading child pornography from the city
library onto a cellphone.

 

 * “Bloomingdale Sex Offender Went To Library To Look At Child Porn”

July 24, 2013

A Bloomingdale sex offender was arrested Wednesday after police say he was
viewing child pornography at a public library.

 

 * “Chicago Public Library Openly Allows Porn Despite the Law”

April 18, 2013

Director of marketing and communications for Chicago Public Library said Chicago
libraries don’t use filters because “in terms of pornography, it is legal.”

 


2012

 * “He’s watching that, in public? Pornography takes next seat”

July 21, 2012

In response to the complaints from numerous library patrons concerning
pornographic images being in full view of passersby, a library installed 18
computer monitors with plastic hoods. They prefer this solution to filtering or
censoring images.  

 

 * “Porn, Sex Crimes in San Juan and Martin Luther King Libraries”

April 1, 2012

Man found stripped to his underwear in library; police report shows the past
year of assaults, lewd acts, drug-use have occurred at San Juan Library; Martin
Luther King Library has big problems with patrons accessing pornography on
computers.

 

 * “Porn Case At Library Indicted”

March 20, 2012

A Corsicana man arrested for allegedly viewing child pornography on a Corsicana
Public Library computer was indicted Thursday on 10 counts of possession of
porn.

 

 * “ACLU Sued Library for Not Allowing Online Porn”

February 3, 2012

The ACUL is suing a Washington state library district with the claim that not
allowing porn is censorship.

 

 * “Seattle Libraries: No Eating or Sleeping Allowed, But Porn-Watching OK”

February 2, 2012

The Seattle Public Library has a long list of rules of things you can’t do in
the library. You can’t eat, sleep, look like you’re sleeping, be barefoot, be
too stinky or talk too loudly. But you can watch graphic porn on a public
computer in front of kids.

 

 * “Librarians Stand Aside As Patron Watches Porn and Engages in Lewd Acts”

February 1, 2012

A resident complained last week about a man watching pornography on a public
computer and behaving lewdly in front of a Malibu library. According to a county
Board of Supervisors policy, the Malibu Library is unable to stop customers from
using computers to view pornography.

 

 * “Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn, Despite Complaint”

January 31, 2012

A Seattle librarian refused to force a man watching hardcore porn on a computer
to move to a more discreet location, even after a woman with two children
complained.

 * “Police Blotter: Man In SUV Seen Snapping Photos of Kids at Park After
   Watching Porn at Library”

January 29, 2012

A man was seen snapping photos at the park. On the same day, a woman reported
that her daughter had just left RSM library where the same man was watching
pornography on a library computer.

 

 * “Porn in Library Startles Patrons”

January 6, 2012

Library patron printed pages of pornography off a computer used by the public,
but never collected them at the printer before it ran out of paper.

 

 * “Libraries walk a tightrope on porn”

January 3, 2012

When a homeless man was accused of fondling himself in the Laguna Beach public
library while viewing pornography. Laguna Beach libraries have insisted that
they are obliged to provide Internet access to pornography as a matter of their
clients’ free- speech rights.

 


2011

 * “Hannibal Man Gets 25 years for Porn on Library Computer”

December 15, 2011

A Hannibal man accused of downloading child pornography on a Hannibal Public
Library computer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Gary Wayne Martin,
45, was indicted by a federal grand jury of one felony count of production and
two felony counts of possession after an arrest last March.

 

 * “Library User Viewing Porn Upsets Girl”

December 5, 2011

Fourth grader exposed to hardcore pornography while visiting library with
mother. Mother says the girl was deeply affected and could sleep that night.
Librarian refused to do anything about it.

 

 * “Court Week: Pornography on the Library Computer on the Dockets”

December 5, 2011

Grand Rapids resident, Alan Waldron, 43, faces a maximum of five years in prison
for using the Lowell Library’s wireless to download more than 100 images of
pornography—including some that depicted sexual acts between children.

 

 * “Registered Sex Offender Charged After Viewing Child Pornography at Public
   Library”

December 2, 2011

A registered sex offender from Orange County made his initial appearance in
federal court Thursday, following his arrest at a local public library where
witnesses allegedly observed him viewing child pornography on one of the
library’s computers.

 

 * “Homeless Men Caught Watching Porn at Laguna Beach Library, Patrons Say”

December 2, 2011

Eight men watched pornography at a public library computer while one masturbated
in public. The library responded to public outrage, saying there wasn’t much
they could do.

 

 * “Library Opts Against Restricting Online Access to Explicit Material”

November 11, 2011

Hawthorne-Longfellow Library will continue its policy to not restrict Internet
access, despite several incidents of involving pornography and public
masturbation in the library.

 

 * “Los Angeles libraries grapple with online pornography”

April 13, 2011

After a recent outcry about online pornography at a Chinatown branch library,
Los Angeles has been working to protect bystanders while not infringing on
computer users’ 1st Amendment rights.

 


2010

 * “Sex Offender Arrested After Surfing For Porn In Library”

November 17, 2010

A sex offender is behind bars after police say he surfed for porn in a public
library, in front of a child.

 

 * “Libraries Suit: Computer Porn Use Lead to Groping While Children Present”

September 9, 2010

Birmingham, AL librarian sues library for having a ‘hostile work environment’
where patrons view porn in her presence, harass and grope her, and are allowed
to do so in presence of children.

 

 * “After Several Incidents of Public Indecency, Quincy Official Says: Expose
   Library Porn Watchers”

June 29, 2010

Quincy, MA, councilman wants list of people accessing porn in libraries after
several incidents of public indecency.

 

 * “Court Rules Library Can Have Internet Filter”

May 6, 2010

The Washington State Supreme Court voted 6-3 in favor of the North Central
Regional Library when the library was sued by the ACLU for installing Internet
filters to prevent access to pornography.

 


2009

 * “Michael Houle Charged With Downloading Child Pornography at Holyoke Public
   Library”

June 9, 2009

Holyoke MA man charged with downloading child porn from library computers. The
library he viewed it at had allowed 40 computers to remain filter-free after
library governing body had required filters for the computers.

 


2008

 * “Internet Porn Statistics at Dallas Central Library Prompt Concern”

January 24, 2008

7.5% of web traffic was for pornography at a local Dallas library over a
randomly selected period.


 

WHAT ARE MY STATE'S SCHOOL AND LIBRARY FILTERING LAWS?

FIND YOUR STATE SCHOOL AND LIBRARY FILTERING LAWS HERE

WHAT IS THE CHILDREN’S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT (CIPA)?


CHILDREN’S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT (CIPA)

Additionally, it is important to note that a specific law pertaining to
libraries and schools regarding the Internet was passed by Congress in 2000 and
was found to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003. The ALA and
the ACLU commonly misinterpret this law and disseminate misleading information
to libraries and schools regarding their rights to place filters on computers.
You will likely face this.

Background:
The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by
Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet
on school and library computers. CIPA imposes certain types of requirements on
any school or library that receives funding for Internet access or internal
connections from the E-rate program – a program that makes certain
communications technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. In
early 2001, the FCC issued rules implementing CIPA.

What CIPA Requires

 * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA may not receive the discounts offered
   by the E-rate program unless they certify that they have an Internet safety
   policy that includes technology protection measures. The protection measures
   must block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) obscene, (b)
   child pornography, or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed
   by minors). Before adopting this Internet safety policy, schools and
   libraries must provide reasonable notice and hold at least one public hearing
   or meeting to address the proposal.

 * Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor
   online activities of minors.

 * Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement an
   Internet safety policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate
   matter on the Internet; (b) the safety and security of minors when using
   electonic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic
   communications; (c) unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and
   other unlawful activities by minors online; (d) unauthorized disclosure, use,
   and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and (e) measures
   restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them.

 * Schools and libraries are required to certify that they have their safety
   policies and technology in place before receiving E-rate funding.

 * CIPA does not affect E-rate funding for schools and libraries receiving
   discounts only for telecommunications, such as telephone service.

 * An authorized person may disable the blocking or filtering measure during any
   use by an adult to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful
   purposes.

 * CIPA does not require the tracking of Internet use by minors or adults.

Visit the Federal Communications Commission’s info page about CIPA by clicking
here.



Opposition to CIPA:

In 2001, the ALA and the ACLU challenged the law on the grounds that the law
required libraries to unconstitutionally block access to constitutionally
protected information on the Internet. They specifically argued that “no
filtering software successfully differentiates constitutionally protected speech
from illegal speech on the Internet.” In 2003, upon appeal to the U.S. Supreme
Court, the law was upheld as constitutional and that it was permissible to
install filters on all school and library computers, and further held that it
was constitutional to mandate libraries receiving specific funding to have
filters installs.

The ALA and ACLU often argue that it is against a person’s First Amendment
rights to have to ask a librarian to remove a filter for a desired search.
However, this is exactly what the High Court said was sufficient in instances
where an individual wanted to access material blocked by a filter. Adults may
ask the librarian to unblock material. This is an important added barrier to
individuals viewing indecent material in our schools and libraries. The mere
need to ask would deter most individuals from attempting to view such material,
and the requests would largely remain for material that is reasonable or for a
specific purpose other than gratifying one’s personal desire to view porn.

WHAT ARE THE LAWS RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY/OBSCENITY?

 * Local: Your local community might have specific regulations already in place.
   You’ll have to check your specific area.

 * State: Some states have legislation in place already. You can find details
   about your state here:  http://bit.ly/xPCEuW. The list is not complete, but
   we are working on providing an updated database for you.

 * Federal: There are a number of federal laws relating to pornography and
   specifically to filtering in schools and public libraries. See below for more
   details on these. You can also learn more about federal obscenity laws here:
   www.WarOnIllegalPornography.com.

 * Children’s Internet Protection Act: It is important to note that a specific
   law pertaining to libraries and schools regarding the Internet was passed by
   Congress in 2000 and was found to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court
   in 2003. This law mandates that libraries and schools must have filters in
   place if they opt-in to receive specific e-rate federal funding. The ALA
   often recommends that libraries refuse this funding so that they don’t have
   to filter.


MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE HARD-CORE ADULT PORNOGRAPHY ONLINE IS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL.

First, one common misconception people have is that pornography is legal and
protected by the First Amendment. The truth is that obscenity (hardcore adult
pornography) is prohibited under existing Federal laws. These laws prohibit
distribution of hardcore, obscene pornography on the Internet, on
cable/satellite or hotel/motel TV and in sexually oriented businesses and other
retail shops. Additionally, it is important to understand that obscenity is not
protected by the First Amendment. This has been repeatedly upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court. The role of the Federal Government should be, as it has been in
the past, to prosecute the major producers and distributors of obscene
pornography. However, the U.S. Justice Department is not currently enforcing
these laws and for the last 20 years only sporadically enforced them. Thus,
illegal, obscene pornography is flooding our nation and the harm is great.

Many people do not understand that obscenity is actually illegal. The American
Library Association (ALA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other
anti-filtering groups often exploit this common misunderstanding to argue
against the use of filters. You should often point out that filters would block
obscenity, which is a majority of the hardcore adult pornography accessed on the
Internet and likely accessed at your library/school.

For details on federal obscenity laws and U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding
these laws, visit https://endsexualexploitation.org/doj/. 


WHAT IS PORNOGRAPHY?

The term “pornography” is a generic, not a legal term. As noted by the Supreme
Court in the landmark 1973 obscenity case, Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15,
20, n.2, the term: “Pornography” derives from the Greek (harlot, and graphos,
writing). The word now means “1: a description of prostitutes or prostitution 2.
a depiction (as in a writing or painting) of licentiousness or lewdness: a
portrayal of erotic behavior designed to cause sexual excitement.” Webster’s
Third New International Dictionary [Unabridged 1969]…
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WHAT IS OBSCENITY?

The term “obscenity” is a legal term, and in Miller v. California, supra the
Supreme Court established a three-pronged test for determining whether a “work”
(i.e., material or a performance) is obscene and therefore unprotected by the
First Amendment. To be obscene, a judge and/or a jury must determine:

First, that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would
find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; AND
second, that the work depicts or describes in a patently offensive way, as
measured by contemporary community standards, “hardcore” sexual conduct
specifically defined by the applicable law; AND third, that a reasonable person
would find that the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic,
political and scientific value.

SIDE NOTE: Typical “hardcore pornography” (e.g., a website, DVD or magazine)
consists of little if anything more than one depiction of hardcore sex after the
other (i.e., it’s “wall-to-wall” sex).

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