IP: "Artificial intelligence" filter blocks news -- but not smut

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

> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:27:18 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: "James S. Tyre" <j.s.tyre () cyberpass net>
>
>
> Dave:
>
> This is a good story, but it omitted one important fact.
>
> Much of the underlying investigative work was done by Bennett Haselton of 
> Peacefire, not by Wired News.
>
> Peacefire's BAIR page, last updated June 6, is at 
> http://www.peacefire.org/censorware/BAIR/
>
> Much appreciated if you would pass this on, so that credit goes where it 
> is due.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jim
>
> At 03:19 PM 6/20/2000 -0400, Dave Farber wrote:
>
> > > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:53:37 -0400
> > > To: politech () vorlon mit edu
> > > From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> > >
> > > Some pornographic images BAIR approved as OK and my Perl test-script:
> > > http://www.well.com/user/declan/bair/
> > > ********
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36923,00.html
> > >
> > > Smut Filter Blocks All But Smut
> > > by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
> > >
> > > 3:00 a.m. Jun. 20, 2000 PDT
> > > When Exotrope Inc. introduced its BAIR smut-blocking
> > > software last year, everyone seemed wowed by the company's
> > > claims of intelligent filtering.
>
>
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