Internet regulation: media enquiries

[Peter Lees]

Tom Worthington <tomw@acslink.net.au> wrote:

...
>Perhaps I made too much of the possibility of having software which can
>filter Web documents. Has anyone any first hand experience of "SurfWatch" or
>similar? Do these things work in practice (or even in theory), socially and
>technically? Are they even available?
>

i have seen a review of this (but i can't remember where, i'm afraid)
some of the results were :
  o the penthouse, hustler and playboy WWW sites were
    blocked out
  o the various winternet sites (apparently pretty risque stuff)
    were _not_ blocked
  o any title with to "sex" or "girls" was blocked
    - such as "Sexual Reproduction in Plants", and "Education for Girls".

pretty useful stuff, eh?

cheers

peter


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