From the Alaska Dispatch News:
The Anchorage Public Library has changed its policy and formally banned the viewing of porn and other graphic content on public computers as part of a rewrite of internet use policies.
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The new policy capped a debate among library officials and advisers around intellectual freedom and the library’s reputation as a family-friendly place. Anchorage is the latest public library system in Alaska to adopt such a policy, with libraries in Wasilla, Juneau and elsewhere already explicitly barring porn or other sexually graphic images.
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The Anchorage Public Library long held a “hands-off” policy when it came to the computer habits of patrons.
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See Also: Anchorage Public Library Computer Use & Internet Policy (3 pages; PDF)
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