Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Software > Internet > Servers > Proxy > Filtering > Censorware > Opinions > News_Articles New! Submit a site   Categories: Wired News (19)       whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Cyber Patrol Ban List Published on the Web - Anyone eager to know which Usenet newsgroups and Web URLs are blacklisted by Mattel's Cyber Patrol censorware application, but too lazy to compile and run the cphack utility which decrypts the list, is welcome to visit the Cyber Patrol Block List Web site. [The Register]   Cybersitter Decides To Take A Time Out - A Time article about that Cybersitter blocks Time Magazine after a critical article. [Time]   Filtering Out Morality - A World Magazine article critical of CyberPatrol's decision to include the American Family Association's website in their intolerance category. [World]   Libraries Debate Net Filtering - The notion of filtering Net access at public libraries received very different reactions from the city councils of Coppell, Texas, and San Jose, California, where officials tried to balance concerns about online pornography with cries of censorship. [News.com]   Net filter firm under fire - Brian Milburn makes a good living selling parents a filtering program for Net porn. But with his success comes heated criticism that his product, Cybersitter, is a censorship tool. This week his company is being accused of trying to block communication from those critics as well. [CNET]   Oversensitive Censorware Strikes Again - Sherril Babcock was surprised when she was recently rejected for membership at blackplanet.com because here name contained an obscene word. [NewsBytes]   Programmer finds filtering system too diligent - As Congress mulls whether smut-blocking software should be installed in all public schools and libraries, a computer programmer on Tuesday published a report alleging that at least one filtering company takes its job too far. [CNET.com]   Teen Exposes Blocking Software - Exposing what sites CyberSitter actually blocks. [News.com]   Will Banner Blocker Threaten Ad $$$? - A new feature in an Internet filtering program could put a dent in a major source of revenue for many Web sites -- banner advertisements. [ZDNN] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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