Why is Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh complying with CIPA?
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is part of the eiNetwork consortium, which receives a significant amount of federal funding to provide Internet access to over 85 library sites in Allegheny County. Because we receive federal funds for Internet access as part of the eiNetwork, we are required under CIPA to install filtering software. • How does the filtering software work? This library uses filtering software called NetSweeper. NetSweeper filters sites based on content, and not just individual words. The software scans the Internet daily and enters the web addresses of prohibited sites into its database. • Does it always work? No filter is always effective. Sometimes a filter can block sites with legitimate informational or educational value, and other times it can allow access to sites that are illegal, obscene, or sexually explicit. For additional information on filtering and Internet safety, you can view our Internet Safety and Use Policy. • The site I tried to access is not a “sex sit
