King County Library System Takes Lead on Internet Filtering

Gary Price noticed This Annoucement that says King County, WA, Library System Board of Trustees voted August 27 to adopt Internet filtering protocols in anticipation of implementation of the federal Child Internet Protection Act.

According to Jed Moffitt, Associate Director, Information Technology Services, full implementation of KCLS’ new filtering policy will take a few months. It requires both software modifications and additional hardware to ensure that the Library’s computer systems meet KCLS performance standards while handling the added workload filtering will bring.

August 29, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Seth Finkelstein says:
    August 29, 2003 at 7:01 pm

    So many blacklists …

    http://www.kcls.org/about/filtered.cfm

    (my emphasis)

    “At the King County Library System, CyberPatrol is set to block certain
    categories of information and certain URLs. Categories blocked
    include: Adult/Sexually Explicit, Advertisements, Chat, Criminal
    Skills, Drugs Alcohol & Tobacco, Gambling, Glamour & Intimate Apparel,
    Hacking, Hate Speech, Hosting Sites, Personals & Dating, Remote
    Proxies, Unfiltered Search Engines, Sex Education, Violence, Weapons
    and Web-based Email.”

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