Filtering Software
See Also:
- Top/Computers/Internet/Proxying and Filtering/Content Filtering
- Top/Computers/Internet/Proxying and Filtering/Content Filtering/Software/Client
- Top/Computers/Software/Internet/Monitoring
- Top/Society/Issues/Science and Technology/Computers/Internet/Content Filtering
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The Internet Filter Assessment Project 
The purpose of this project was to take a hard look at Internet content filters from a librarian's point of view. Several dozen librarians from around the world participated. Some are filter proponents; some are not. All believe you don't know a tool un
http://www.bluehighways.com/tifap/tifap.htm
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 Censorship in a Box American Civil Liberties Union White Paper subtitled 'Why Blocking Software is Wrong for Public Libraries'. "This special report ... provides an in depth look at why mandatory blocking software is both inappropriate and unconstitutional in libraries. http://www.aclu.org/Cyber-Liberties/Cyber-Liberties.cfm?ID=5001&c=16&Type=s
Filtering the Internet in American Public Libraries: Sliding Down the Slippery Slope Essay by Jeannette Allis Bastian. "The use of filters to block those Internet sites that some public libraries and/or communities deem undesirable has caused an uproar within the profession as various viewpoints vie for ascendancy. The author examin http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue2_10/bastian/
Internet Filtering and Blocking Links to online resources about internet filtering programs and their use in libraries. http://www.libraryhq.com/filtering.html
NYTimes.com - The Librarian's Web Dilemma Describes how various local libraries are handling the screening of offensive content on their internet-enabled computers used by the public. Not all of them use filtering software. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/circuits/20FILT.html
Public Library Army Links to various resources regarding recent legislation on public libraries and library users. http://home.alltel.net/frdaniel/pla/ |
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Last Updated: 2004-10-13 00:31:40