Here's my article: http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6169621.html -------- Original Message -------- Subject: COPA struck down again, but filters fair pretty well Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:05:17 -0700 From: David Burt <David.Burt@private> To: declan@private <declan@private> As the legal saga of the Children's Internet Protection Act prepares to enter its second decade, and heads toward a likely third trip to the Supreme Court, it's interesting to note the cumulative take on filters. As you know, I've been following this for a long time and was a consultant to the DOJ in the last filtering case, CIPA. (See my Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Burt_%28former_librarian_and_activist%29 ) In the section of the ruling on "The Effectiveness of Filters", the court reviews a number of studies on filters, including Consumer Reports, the COPA Commission, testimony in CIPA, and the data gleaned via subpoena from Google and MSN. The judge concludes, "I find that filters generally block about 95% of sexually explicit material." Ruling at http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/07D0346P.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Burt Product Manager, Communications, Security & Access Products Microsoft Corporation david.burt@private<mailto:david.burtb@private> | Office: 1-425-704-8074 Mobile: 1-206-437-6772 IM: davidburt2000@private<mailto:davidburt2000@private> _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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