Texas: Victoria Mom Challenges Library’s Porn Policy

From the Victoria (Texas) Advocate:

Victoria Public Library Director Dayna Williams-Capone said the library follows state law, and users 18 and younger can have an Internet filter if their parent or guardian chooses.
“For us, we hear the positive increasingly,” she said. “Our central mission is to provide free access of information. Filters are not going to solve the problem.”
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Williams-Capone said blocking out key words could limit research for medical conditions, art and politics. With 34,000 annual uses of Internet access and so few complaints, adding a filter is not necessary, she said.

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