Ron Force writes \”Internet World has a Story on how some of the largest filtering software vendors are not in favor of the recently passed Federal filtering mandate.
\”We think legislation is not the best way to go,\” said Nika Herford, NetNanny\’s vice president for public affairs. \”We would rather see institutions work on educating their users about appropriateness and developing acceptable use policies.\” The emphasis on mandating software inevitably inspires opponents to point out the shortcomings of the products on the market and leaves potential customers with the impression that the products don\’t work at all.
Another issue is that the law expects that images will be filtered \”on the fly\”, which is not within the capabilty of present software products. \”
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