Ah, well in that case it would be very easy to ask the librarian to turn off the filtering software for a particular user, then have them turn it back on when the patron is finished.
I was thinking of large libraries where there are 20 terminals and it would be impossible to keep running around turning filtering on and off on each machine.
I understand that most porn filter software blocks valuable medical information about breast cancer, uterine cancer, etc, so it needs to be disabled for certain people, but that is no excuse to reject filtering software outright.
Filtereing software is very restrictive. If you have ever tried to surf the internet that has been rendered "child-safe" you'd know. The computers at the Liberty Center on the navy base wear I work installed Net-Nanny and so many webpages were blocked that they wound up removing it. Now they just post signs saying if you are caught surfing porn, your CO will be notified. That seems to work a little better.
Uh, not exactly. Read the entire article. The library director herself says filters have greatly improved and breast cancer is no longer blocked. Please do not blindly accept American Library Association propaganda.