Latest News and Comment from Education

Thursday, May 19, 2011

ACLU challenges school's Net filter on gay info - Sacramento Bee

ACLU challenges school's Net filter on gay info - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

ACLU challenges school's Net filter on gay info

Published: Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 12:00 am
Last Modified: Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 8:40 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California announced Wednesday that it has notified the Oroville Union High School District that its Internet-filtering software has been improperly configured to block access to Web content geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

The ACLU has sent demand letters to school districts across the country as part of the organization's national "Don't Filter Me" initiative, which seeks to combat illegal censorship of LGBT educational information on public school computers.

Elizabeth Gill, attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, said the letter to the Oroville district was prompted by a complaint from Melina Zancanella, a junior at Oroville High School and



Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/19/3637998/aclu-challenges-schools-net-filter.html#ixzz1MoageAIg