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Examples include blocking several religious sites [31] [32] (including the Web site of the Vatican), many political sites, and homosexuality-related sites. [33] X-Stop was shown to block sites such as the Quaker web site, the National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law , The Heritage Foundation , and parts of The Ethical Spectacle . [ 34 ]
The computer usage management method, unlike content filters, is focused on empowering the parents to balance the computing environment for children by regulating gaming. The main idea of these applications is to allow parents to introduce a learning component into the computing time of children, who must earn gaming time while working through ...
Many K-12 school districts use Internet filters to block material deemed inappropriate for a school setting. [87] [88] The federal government leaves decisions about what to filter or block to local authorities. However, critics assert that such decisions should be made by a student's parents or guardian.
Web filtering in schools blocks students from inappropriate and distracting content across the web, while allowing sites that are selected by school administrators. [1] Rather than simply blocking off large portions of the Internet, many schools utilize customizable web filtering systems that provide them with greater control over which sites are allowed and which are blocked.
Although children under 13 can legally give out personal information with their parents' permission, many websites—particularly social media sites, but also other sites that collect most personal info—disallow children under 13 from using their services altogether due to the cost and work involved in complying with the law. [3] [4] [5]
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Cleanfeed in Australia was a proposed mandatory ISP level content filtration system. It was proposed by the Kim Beazley led Australian Labor Party opposition in a 2006 press release, with the intention of protecting children who were vulnerable to claimed parental computer illiteracy. [6]