Gallery: Orthodox Jews Rally to Keep the Internet Kosher
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*Outside an anti-internet rally staged at Citi Field for members of New York's Orthodox Jewish communities, Emkanah Schwartz pauses to explain his desire to see a "kosher internet" for his children and grandchildren.*
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*Rally-goers are asked to remove their hats and undergo a scan with metal detectors before entering the overflow stadium.*
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*Rally-goers are asked to remove their hats and undergo a scan with metal detectors before entering the overflow stadium.*
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*A rabbi with a megaphone announces instructions to rally attendees entering Citi Field from the subway station.*
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*Protestors clash with rally attendees as self-proclaimed members of Anonymous dressed as cavemen look on.*
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*Self-identified Anonymous members take satirical jabs at the anti-internet protestors by protesting electricity as well.*
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*Shmuel Fruchpzweig smiles as he talks on his smartphone, which has the Covenant Eyes web-monitoring software installed. "These days, one click of a button and a little curiosity could do a lot of harm," he said.*
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*For many members of the Orthodox Jewish community, the rally was their first opportunity to experience Citi Field due to their religion's strict gender-separation rules.*
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*Across the street from Citi Field, protesters from The Internet Isn't the Problem group engage in a mock battle with Anonymous cavemen.*
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*Chaim Levin, a victim of childhood sexual abuse, says the internet is the only thing that helped him cope with his experiences.*
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*Chanie Friedman, an Orthodox woman protesting the rally, said the censorship tactics were obvious to her. "They'll never come out and say, 'Well, we don't want you to have access to information about abuse,' so they couch it in terms of things that are not appropriate, things that your children shouldn't see, things that will corrupt your heart and soul."*
