The following links contain two documents produced by Timothy B. Lewis on the business faculty of Southern Utah University. The first is a short letter to the editor making only a few points in response to various points made in the school paper over the last few weeks. The second addresses many more issues that were too lengthy to be published as a letter to the editor. At the end of document #2 is a specific response to a letter to the editor from Professor G. Michael Stathis of the political science department. Both documents should be read in sequence.
 

 Document #1--Letter to the editor (3/19/99)

 Document #2--Use of University Equipment and Facilities to Access Pornography over the Internet
 



 

Professors Timothy Lewis and Jeffrey Barnes have proposed an alternative computer policy providing specified language on filtering pornography.  This alternative policy is available by clicking here.

Professor Lewis has prepared a statement to the SUU Academic Computer Users Committee regarding the acceptible use policy. Read this statement here.

Professor Barnes asserts that filtering of hard-core pornography, child pornography, and obscene sexually explicit material as defined by state and federal statute from entering Southern Utah University’s information infrastructure through the Internet is constitutionally defensible. Click here to find out more.
 



 

The National Law Center for Children and Families has prepared a memorandum of law on legal issues involving the use of filtering software by libraries, schools, and businesses to screen acquisition of pornographic material from the Internet.  The memorandum is available here.  The National Law Center has also prepared a memorandum of law on immunity for filter use.  This memorandum is available here.
 

In addition, below are links to web sites with content relevant to filtering on the internet.

 Filtering Facts Home Page

 National Law Center