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Reports that residents of Holland, Michigan have rejected a library censorship plan backed by the American Family Association. Measure as requiring the city's library to block all computers from receiving certain sites on the World Wide Web; Library's policies to deal with patrons who access pornographic Web sites; Computers in the children's wing of the library as not connected to the World Wide Web.

Offers news briefs related to censorship in the United States as of November 1, 2000. Installation of Internet filters in Michigan libraries despite voter opposition; Opposition of churches to a showing of the motion picture 'The Last Temptation of Christ,' at the Catskill (N.Y.) Public Library; Decision of U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer that an ordinance legalizing library censorship in Wichita Falls, Texas is unconstitutional; Decision not to ban the book 'Fallen Angels' at the Arlington (Tex.) Independendent School District.

Reports that in August 1999, the Georgetown Township Library, in Grand Rapids, Michigan charged patrons $100 an hour for unfiltered Internet access. Details of a Michigan state law which empowers library trustees to filter on the Internet; Reaction of town officials to the fee.