Internet filtering debate brings in national groups, divides Michigan community
February 21, 2000
Web posted at: 5:13 p.m. EST (2213 GMT)
By D. Ian Hopper
CNN Interactive Technology Editor
(CNN) -- The normally cordial, polite community of Holland, Michigan, home to about 37,000, has become a free speech battleground.
It's all leading up to Tuesday's vote. However, the fiercest battle in Holland won't be over presidential candidates George W. Bush or John McCain, but instead whether to force the local library to install filtering software on all but one of its Internet-capable computers.
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