Although the pornography web sites will never go away, the Internet is mostly being used for communication and information exchange, and only a tiny section of the Net contains pornography and other material considered by many to be "obscene." No Internet blocking software is perfect; there will always be pornographic sites that get through the filter and legitimate sites that are blocked from access. Public libraries are a branch of our government and, therefore, the installation of blocking software violates the blocked sites" freedom of speech, especially those sites which clearly have no offensive material. .
Everyone's view of what is "indecent" is different. While one parent may view a web site listing different contraception options for teens as indecent, another parent may consider the very same web site a useful tool in teaching their teens the proper ways to prevent pregnancy. Helpful information like this can be found on the Internet, and if the government were to try to subjectively censor the web sites they felt were "obscene", this potentially useful information could be off-limits. Doing so would violate our freedom of choice, and our Constitution is not designed to restrict its people from making personal choices. .
Many people argue that censoring the Internet would be in the best interest of the children, however, "there are relatively few parents, regardless of their political or religious views, who would agree that the federal government should intercede on how they raise their own children" (Esposito). Most Americans would agree that it is not Congress" job to evaluate for the public what is inappropriate for everyone's children to view. Furthermore, if our Congress was able to censor the Internet, then what is to stop them from dictating to parents which television shows or magazines their children should be able to view? .
The Constitution of the United States specifically states that "Congress shall make no law.
