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Thursday, February 2, 2012 -- 9:34 am Northwest News, Seattle edition: Vampires, library computer porn and a Starbuck boycott The Oregonian - ... our next pick because it also fits in the really??! category : A Seattle woman is complaining that she was at the Lake City library with her kids recently, when she saw a man watching hard-core porn on a computer, with the screen facing toward ...Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 3:37 pm SEATTLE: Mom challenges internet porn at library Tri-cityherald.com - ... daughter was disturbed after looking over the shoulder of a man Jan. 22 as he watched pornography at the Lake City branch. A library spokeswoman, Andra Addison, told The Seattle Times that it “believes in the right of each individual to have ...Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 8:48 am NW Today: Court considers objections to selling Plan B - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 PST The Spokesman-Review - ... daughter was disturbed after looking over the shoulder of a man Jan. 22 as he watched pornography at the Lake City branch. She complained to a librarian who was sympathetic but told her the library doesn't censor information. A library spokeswoman, ...Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 8:21 am Mom challenges Internet porn at Seattle library Bellingham Herald - ... daughter was disturbed after looking over the shoulder of a man Jan. 22 as he watched pornography at the Lake City branch. A library spokeswoman, Andra Addison, told The Seattle Times ( http://is.gd/k2eOIC) it "believes in the right of each ...Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 7:22 am Seattle library lets man watch porn, upsets mother KING-TV Seattle - ... daughter. Julie Howe tells The Seattle Times the computer was located next to the popular DVD section at the Lake City branch. When she approached librarians about it, Howe says she was told that it's library policy to not censor people's access to ...Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 12:00 am Despite Complaints, Seattle Public Libraries Say They Won't Censor Porn KUOW-FM Seattle - ... it may be to others. Julie Howe is a mother of two girls, ages 7 and 10. She recently took them on a visit to the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public Library. After dropping off her kids at the children's section, she walked over to check out ...Read more...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 -- 9:58 am Pornography at the Library? Lake City Live - I last night I received this e-mail from a concerned Lake City parent regarding her experience with a library patron viewing pornography. The Conversation, on KUOW, is discussing this topic today. Call or e-mail them to share your thoughts.
Dear Neighborhood Bloggers:
I was at the Lake City Library with my two daughters (7 & 10 years old) at 4:45 on Sunday, January 22, 2012. I left them in the children’s section and went to look through the movie section, where I noticed that a man was watching hard core pornography (including anal penetration & other adult content) on a computer where the screen was facing out into the library. I told the librarian and asked for help in having him move to a more discreet location. She could see the screen from the information desk where we were standing and was sympathetic, but said that the library doesn’t censor content and they can’t be in the business of monitoring what their patrons are doing at any given computer. I then asked the man to please move to another computer. He declined. In the process of this interaction, I didn’t notice that my daughters had wandered over looking for me and one of them saw what was playing on the screen.
I have had extensive conversations with the library about this incident as well as with the police and local representatives. The man's right to access constitutionally protected information is fully protected (which I’m not in argument with) but our right not to be inadvertent viewers is not. The library is apologetic, but devoted to its guiding principle of supporting intellectual freedom, and I detected no urgency to ensure that not one more child is exposed to pornography in a Seattle Public Library. I told the library that I will do my best to get this in the public forum as people need to know what’s going on and the potential risks to them and their children of being exposed to adult content while visiting the library. Please help us have a public discussion on this issue as I am sure that the library can create a safer space for children (and adults) and not infringe on another adult’s right to information.
Sincerely,
Julie Howe
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