Be wary of any law that limits that traditional role. "Libraries have a great duty to support their communities and to promote a diversity of thought, information, and dialogue. Laws create hammers instead of paint brushes," he said in an email to FOX 13. We endanger the importance of parenting and the First Amendment if we continually build laws that intrude because laws rarely provide for nuance. What is appropriate for my child might not be appropriate for Senator Weiler’s child, and vice versa. It is inappropriate for the state or the library to interfere on this matter. "Parents ultimately need to control their children. Weiler's bill would be redundant.įife said the ULA had concerns that filtering would block legal and useful materials protected by the First Amendment that some consider "objectionable." He said libraries "are places of inclusion, rather than exclusion."
Dustin Fife, the president of the ULA, said most libraries have some form of filtering in place to qualify for state and federal funding and said Sen. The Utah Library Association expressed concerns about the proposed legislation. "And yet, in some instances they are purveyors of pornography. "If libraries were handing out tobacco to kids, we'd all be up in arms," Sen.
Porn blocker software for cell phones install#
The senator is also drafting legislation that would require public libraries to install porn-blocking filters on computers to prevent minors from accessing adult-oriented sites on the internet. He said he anticipated pushback from cellphone operating system makers like Apple or Android. Weiler called it "backwards" that parents have to purchase and install filtering software on a child's phone, when manufacturers could make it a feature of the device.
"Almost every kid in Utah is walking around with a smart phone, which is basically a vending machine for porn in a lot of respects," Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said he is drafting legislation that would require cellphone makers to install porn-blocking filters on their devices, which would be removed if it's verified the owner is over 18. SALT LAKE CITY - Following Utah's resolution declaring pornography a "public health crisis," a lawmaker is drafting bills to mandate anti-porn filters on cellphones and computers at public libraries.
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