IP: why filtering software deprives adults of information

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

EDUPAGE EXPOSED AGAIN TO CENSOR'S KNIFE 
Because we used a "red flag" word, the last issue of Edupage was rejected as 
salacious by the filtering software used at one U.S. institution of higher 
learning. The offending word was found in the sentence: "The new bill is 
more narrowly focused than the CDA, and is targeted strictly at impeding the 
flow of commercial pornography on the World Wide Web." (Of course, because 
of the same filtering software, some of you out there will never read this 
issue of Edupage to know why you were unable to read the last issue of 
Edupage. Oh well.)








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