Filtering gay content …

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In April, “A school librarian and two Tennessee high school students have told the American Civil Liberties Union their school district has, ‘ blocked access to online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues’,” p2pnet quoted the School Library Journal as saying, going on: “As many as 107 Tennessee public school districts could be illegally preventing students from accessing online information about LGBT issues by activating the Internet filtering category designated ‘LGBT’,” says a letter from the ACLU to school officials at Knox County Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and the Tennessee Schools Cooperative, according to the story. “As a result of using the Educational Networks of America (ENA) filtering software students using school computers cannot view political and educational information about LGBT issues and well-known nationals organizations such as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and the Human Rights Campaign,” it says. Now, in a Reader’s Write , “If you would like the perspective of a developer of a filtering product, who if given the chance to do it over again, here goes,” says Filter Developer, continuing »»» Having an intimate knowledge of the Internet, I recognize that there is exponentially more harmful content than educationally beneficial content available on the Internet.