Here is an interesting twist on the filtering study by Consumer Reports. It seems that the Information and Technology Association of America thinks that the methodology and the conclusions drawn from the study are flawed. Make your own judgements. Read the ITAA press release here, and an article on the whole shebang here.
\”\”Like automobile seat belts, filtering software is not 100 percent effective, said ITAA President Harris Miller. \”But no responsible adult allows family members to drive without first buckling up. We think kids should be as safe as possible, whether they are rolling down the road or cruising through cyberspace.\”.
Here is an interesting twist on the filtering study by Consumer Reports. It seems that the Information and Technology Association of America thinks that the methodology and the conclusions drawn from the study are flawed. Make your own judgements. Read the ITAA press release here, and an article on the whole shebang here.
\”\”Like automobile seat belts, filtering software is not 100 percent effective, said ITAA President Harris Miller. \”But no responsible adult allows family members to drive without first buckling up. We think kids should be as safe as possible, whether they are rolling down the road or cruising through cyberspace.\”.
\”The Consumer Reports study examined the effectiveness of six of the most popular Internet content filtering devices against 86 \”objectionable\” Web sites, and found that all but one failed to block roughly 20 percent of objectionable sites – described as those that contained violent or sexually graphic images or promoted drugs, tobacco use, crime or bigotry.\”
\”he report also noted that most filter tools appeared to block many harmless sites because the software doesn\’t consider the context in which a word or phrase is used, and \”often blocks legitimate sites based on moral or political value judgments.\”
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