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A detailed description and summary of CIPA and brief listing of similar laws in other countries.

In December of 2000 a federal law called Children's Internet Protection Act ([|CIPA]) address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers. Any school or library that receives funding support for Internet access or internal connections from the "E-rate" program because CIPA imposes certain types of requirements. "E-rate" is a program that makes certain technology more affordable for eligible schools and libraries. This law also allows the library to disable a filter or unblock websites if an adult person asks them too. The Federal Communications Commission ([|FCC]) issued rules implementing CIPA in early 2001. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Internet_Protection_Act]