Re: another filtering issue

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Nancy Willard wrote:
> CENSORSHIP CONCERNS RISE AS SITE PULLS POW PICTURES
> Censorship concerns have increased after a Florida-based ISP
> pulled an online news site that posted photos of captured
> U.S. soldiers.  The ISP apparently argued that the photos
> violated its adult content clause in its user agreement.
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030325/80/dw9a3.html

Not all ISPs are doing that. The Drudge Report, which is quite famous, has
the same pictures, and has not been dropped. See:
http://www.drudgereport.com/

Our school has no problem accessing the Drudge Report, despite our
filtering system. Filters have a great deal of leeway, depending on how
narrowly or broadly the district asks them to filter. Ours seems to be
fairly good a filtering p*rn, but still accidentally blocks some
absolutely great sites.

Peter Milbury
School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
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