GEN: Surfwatch and "content control"

["Karen G. Schneider" <kgs@INTAC.COM>]

Here is an email I received from Surfwatch.  I feel this explicitly
addresses the issue of "content control" hedged by the CEO in the message
recently posted to LM_NET.

Date: Wed, 17 May 95 18:34:25 PDT
X-Sender: aduvall@batnet.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: "Karen G. Schneider" <kgs@intac.com>
From: ann@surfwatch.com (Ann W. Duvall)
Subject: Re: request information about policy
X-UIDL: 800806258.065

>Could you please tell me how you determine which sites are blocked?  Can
>you provide a current list of blocked sites?
>
>thanks.


We use proprietary technology which allows us to block sites which contain
common obscenities in their name.  We also block sites based on other
criteria and a data base of known sites.  The criteria we used was sexually
explicit x-rated sites.  We do not provide a list of current blocked sites
as that is part of the proprietary software.  Thanks for your interest and
let me know if you have more questions.

ann

Ann W. Duvall                           ann@surfwatch.com
Surfwatch Software                      415-948-9500 (v)
105 Fremont Avenue Suite F              415-948-9577 (f)
Los Altos, CA 94022

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