The library in the town of Salem, Missouri is being sued over internet policies of content blocking. Anaka Hunter along with the American Civil Liberties Union are taking the library board and city of Salem to court. Anaka was trying to view blocked content pertaining to American Indian religious content but has been unsuccessful she claims to getting the library to unblock the religious content. Although by federal law libraries that receive federal funding are required to block adult content they are not required to filter out other internet content in other categories. The internet filtering system complaint includes a bias into blocking only certain religious web pages on popular websites like wikipedia that are generally considered an online encyclopedia. The interesting point in the complaint is that certain parts of wikipedia are claimed to be blocked while leaving mainstream religions unblocked. Wikipedia is meant to be a free resource online encyclopedia that would generally suite a library atmosphere for its educational value.
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