Internet users are not always shielded from obscene content despite filters. Filtering and blocking software often fail to block obscene content, and it can over-filter information on medical ...

Various groups, mostly affiliated with religious organizations, distribute software that allegedly blocks out pornography and explicit sexual content. The idea is a good one – for those people who don ...

Lawrence Public Schools district offices pictured in April 2021. The Lawrence school district has purchased a new system that uses artificial intelligence to look for warning signs of “concerning ...

I've been corresponding with some folks looking at 1:1 solutions for their schools and came across an issue to which I hadn't given much thought. When kids are at school, they are generally behind a ...

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China appeared to cave in to public pressure Tuesday by announcing that computer users are not required to install Internet-filtering software - though it will still ...

BEIJING — Chinese state media today issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a ...

SurfControl, which produces Web and e-mail filters, said that it has been granted a U.S. patent for software that allows companies to block Web sites, despite the ire of online activists against such ...

Cold Turkey Blocker is free software that you can install on your system for web filtering. You can use it to block websites and applications installed on your ...

Three recent court decisions affirmed the robust immunity under the Communications Decency Act (CDA), 47 U.S.C. §230(c), for online providers that host third-party content: the Second Circuit’s ...

If you were at all politically aware in 1993, you may recall Clinton-era Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders, in a poorly planned effort to promote gun control, laughably stating that we need "safer guns ...

Pornography-filtering software works in different ways. Many of the apps used do not actually “filter” or proactively identify explicit sexual images or content – instead, they rely on blocking access ...