[WEB4LIB] Question Re: Re: Filter Stories

[Will Doherty]

The Anti-Defamation League offers filtering software
"that blocks access to Web sites that advocate
 hatred, bigotry or violence towards Jews or other groups on
 the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
 or other immutable characteristics."

That is the only example I know of that fits Jennifer's 
criteria of efforts "marketed toward the left", although
their filter may be marketed toward "conservatives" as well.

Will

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At 01:38 PM 10/13/00 -0700, Jennifer Heise wrote:
>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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