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The author reflects on the issue of protecting children from harmful and endangering Internet content, and the need to filter Web sites. Particular focus is given to Library 2.0, a new concept of library services that encourages interaction through blogging and other online tools, and how those tools can be abused. The author contends that some measure of moderated trust, not radical trust, must be settled upon as a compromise, which includes reviewing content before it is published online.

The article reports that the Solano County Board of Supervisors in the Solano County Library in California emphasized the need for children under the age of 18 to use Internet-filtering software when surfing the Web at all branches of the library. An overview of the complaint against the library which prompted the action of the county board is presented. It discusses the duties of librarians in line with the installation of Internet-filtering software.