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Article: Officials lock horns over limiting library Web access.
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- The Sun (Lowell, MA)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Byline: Dennis Shaughnessey
Mar. 1--DRACUT -- The debate over blocking questionable Web sites at the public library rages on in Dracut.
The Dracut School Committee this week aligned itself with those that would seek to block such sites as MySpace, FaceBook, MyYearbook, Bebo and YouTube, saying they pose a danger to unsuspecting children.
After joking that he was "in favor of censorship," committee member D.J. Deeb made a motion to support the Dracut Selectman John Zimini's efforts to add filtering software for such sites at the M.G. Parker Library.
"A lot of parents are trying to be proactive and restrict the content that their ...