"M. Alan Thomas II" is using ad hominem argument to target me and draw attention away from this TechDirt story being poorly reported and filled with false misinformation. My showing the library finally admitting to the child porn coverup has no effect on such people as they continue to attack the target.
Be that as it may, for the fair minded people here, read this diktat directly from American Library Association telling librarians they are not judges and are in no position to decide what is child pornography. Therefore, they are not to report it, and that is exactly what Orland Park Public Library did and other libraries do as well.
The person attacking me as the "one-man vocal minority" and the false OpenDNS claim said, "There certainly aren't any ALA statements that I'm aware of that say that child pornography should be legal or not reported...." As you will see, that too is false. Here's the quote from the ALA in guidance given to all libraries nationwide in USA (and now being taught by ALA in Canada):
"Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy," by Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, 26 March 2013, emphasis in original:
Libraries and librarians are _not_ in a position to make those decisions for library users or for citizens generally. Only courts have constitutional authority to determine, in accordance with due process, what materials are obscenity, child pornography, or “harmful to minors.” .... As for obscenity and child pornography, prosecutors and police have adequate tools to enforce criminal laws. Libraries are not a component of law enforcement efforts naturally directed toward the source, i.e., the publishers, of such material.
Thanks, Rekrul. For a credible source, I provide the library itself finally admitting to the crime and the cover up, but only after almost a year of effort by Megan Fox and Kevin DuJan, an effort that was not at all accurately characterized by TechDirt:
"2014-8-18 Diane Jennings Admits Child Porn and LIES about Staff Action," by Megan Fox, YouTube, 11 November 2014
And the library has done nothing to stop the problem. Instead it has devoted around $200K to legal services needed to enshrine its ability to continue to facilitate the harm I previously described.
This TechDirt story is substantially false. It perpetuates lawlessness including child pornography in public libraries. It further harms trafficked victims of sex crimes displayed on public library computers as alleged "free speech" as if the rights of the victims not to have the worst days of their lives broadcast for all to see don't matter.
"If all of that sounds to you like a big bucket of crazy, you're not alone." It is a "big bucket of crazy" as TechDirt reported it. As TechDirt reported it, it is crazy, I'll admit that. But what TechDirt has reported is materially false.
I am directly involved in this story. What TechDirt has written is the false view put forth by the people promoting child porn in public libraries and facilitating further harm to sexually trafficked women and men. There is no balance that is not presented in a unfair, inaccurate manner. If anyone wants truthful information, instead of the propaganda TechDirt repeats, please contact me.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries.
ALA Facilitates Child Porn, Here's a Quote
Be that as it may, for the fair minded people here, read this diktat directly from American Library Association telling librarians they are not judges and are in no position to decide what is child pornography. Therefore, they are not to report it, and that is exactly what Orland Park Public Library did and other libraries do as well.
The person attacking me as the "one-man vocal minority" and the false OpenDNS claim said, "There certainly aren't any ALA statements that I'm aware of that say that child pornography should be legal or not reported...." As you will see, that too is false. Here's the quote from the ALA in guidance given to all libraries nationwide in USA (and now being taught by ALA in Canada):
"Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy," by Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, 26 March 2013, emphasis in original:
Libraries and librarians are _not_ in a position to make those decisions for library users or for citizens generally. Only courts have constitutional authority to determine, in accordance with due process, what materials are obscenity, child pornography, or “harmful to minors.”
....
As for obscenity and child pornography, prosecutors and police have adequate tools to enforce criminal laws. Libraries are not a component of law enforcement efforts naturally directed toward the source, i.e., the publishers, of such material.
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challengedmaterials/preparation/guidelines-internet-use-policy
Re: Re:
Re: Re: TechDirt perpetuates child porn and sexual trafficking
"2014-8-18 Diane Jennings Admits Child Porn and LIES about Staff Action," by Megan Fox, YouTube, 11 November 2014
http://youtu.be/8bNhrQ2LPWc
And the library has done nothing to stop the problem. Instead it has devoted around $200K to legal services needed to enshrine its ability to continue to facilitate the harm I previously described.
TechDirt said nothing about this.
TechDirt perpetuates child porn and sexual trafficking
"If all of that sounds to you like a big bucket of crazy, you're not alone." It is a "big bucket of crazy" as TechDirt reported it. As TechDirt reported it, it is crazy, I'll admit that. But what TechDirt has reported is materially false.
I am directly involved in this story. What TechDirt has written is the false view put forth by the people promoting child porn in public libraries and facilitating further harm to sexually trafficked women and men. There is no balance that is not presented in a unfair, inaccurate manner. If anyone wants truthful information, instead of the propaganda TechDirt repeats, please contact me.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries.
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