[WEB4LIB] Question Re: Re: Filter Stories

[GRAY, PAUL]

I'm not aware of any such marketing efforts.
Then, again, I haven't seen much in the way of marketing efforts for any of
the products - they seem to be pretty much driven by word of mouth etc.

BUT -
as to whether it could be set up that way -- sure ---
Any software that has an editable "don't go" list - or "bad word" list can
be configured to block anything you like -- or should that be - don't like.
It's no harder to block God than it is to block godd__n.
Actually - its probably easier -- because I doubt very many of these sites
spend as much time as the porn sites do figuring out trick names and other
ways around filtering.

Paul H. Gray,Manager - Library LAN & CLC
TCC Northeast Campus Library
817-515-6623
"Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me - - - Hank and Tennessee"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Heise [mailto:jahb at lehigh.edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 3:40 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Question Re: Re: Filter Stories
> 
> 
> Not to inflame any controversy, but have there been any filtering
> software efforts marketed toward the left? That is, software 
> that could
> be configured to limit access to certain types of Christian 
> or far-right
> material, or to notify parents when such material is being viewed?
> I don't want to get into discussions of the practicality or ethics of
> such filtering, I'm just wondering if anyone has software 
> that does/can
> filter it?
> -- 
> /   Jennifer Heise, Helpdesk/Librarian, Lehigh Univ. Information
> Resources
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