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Missouri
Public schools and public libraries, filtering of public access computers used by minors (Mo. Rev. Stat. section 182.827)
Mo. Rev. Stat. secs. 182.825 and 182.827
In force since .
An education rule binding government bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- This section binds each public school and each public library that provides a public access computer, and places no duty on an online service, an app developer or an internet service provider (section 182.827).
- A public school that provides a public access computer must do one or both of the following: equip the computer with software that will limit minors' ability to gain access to material that is pornographic for minors, or purchase internet connectivity from an internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to that material; and develop and implement a policy that is consistent with community standards and establishes measures to restrict minors from gaining computer access to that material (subsection 1).
- A public library that provides a public access computer must do one or both of the same two things: equip the computer with filtering software or purchase filtered internet connectivity, and develop and implement a policy that restricts minors from gaining computer access to material that is pornographic for minors (subsection 3).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
The section subjects a school board member, officer or employee, including library personnel, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform a duty it imposes to the penalties imposed under section 162.091, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The section directs the department of elementary and secondary education to establish rules for enforcing the school duty and the secretary of state to establish rules for enforcing the library duty.
What it reaches
Covered services
Public schools and public libraries that provide a public access computer, meaning a computer in an elementary or secondary public school or public library that is frequently or regularly used directly by a minor and is connected to any computer communication system.
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
What record it asks for
Logging duty
The section requires a school or library to filter, to buy filtered connectivity or to adopt a policy, and requires no age check, no log and no retention period.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
A public school that provides a public access computer must do one or both of two things: equip the computer with software that limits minors' ability to gain access to material that is pornographic for minors, or buy internet connectivity from a provider that filters that material, and develop and implement a policy that restricts minors from gaining computer access to that material.
A public library that provides a public access computer must likewise equip the computer with filtering software or buy filtered internet connectivity, or develop and implement a policy that restricts minors from gaining computer access to material that is pornographic for minors, or do both. The department of elementary and secondary education establishes the rules for enforcing the school duty. The secretary of state establishes the rules for enforcing the library duty.
A public school board member, officer or employee, including library personnel, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform a duty imposed by the section is subject to the penalties imposed under section 162.091.
A school or library that complies, and an internet service provider that supplies connectivity to it in order to comply, is not criminally liable or liable for damages from a minor gaining access to material that is pornographic for minors on a public access computer it owns or controls.
A public access computer is a computer in an elementary or secondary public school or public library that is frequently or regularly used directly by a minor and is connected to any computer communication system. The section was enacted as part of House Bill 1402 of 2002 and took effect on .
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