| Sumario: | The American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union are challenging the Children's Internet Protection Act (CHIPA) that requires public schools and libraries to install blocking software on computers in order to receive federal support. The CHIPA has many problems—blocking software has limitations, filtering programs censor some websites that are unquestionably protected by the First Amendment, and critics indicate that the CHIPA will widen the digital divide between rich and poor. Fear of the Internet and other media is stronger than appreciation of their benefits, particularly with regard to children. However, depriving children of access to information, ideas, and their choice of literary pleasures seems more like punishment than protection.
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