Parental Guidelines
Protecting children from Internet porn
Internet porn and its horrendous visibility rates have always been an issue discussed with much concern worldwide. The principled strains of the issue still stay arguable while there would be no denying that what has been done to guard children from the perils of porn on the Net, is not enough.
There have been worthy efforts by individuals and organizations towards facilitate a shield for families to protect children from Net porn.
WiseChoice.Net is one such attempt and a compact one at that. Here, all the filtering takes place on the servers and not on the computer. Every time an Internet address is typed in, a link is clicked on or a word is searched for, the address or the word is routed to computers where it is checked against the Wisechoice’s block list.
If the demand made is not on the list, the browser proceeds to the requested site. If otherwise, you get a message stating the requested site has been blocked. The entire procedure takes less than a second once it reaches the Internet.
With Wisechoice, the browsers don’t even have to do monthly download, continuous monitoring or rating sites.
Whether to filter the content your child is accessing or not is apparently based on your personal convictions and values. Numerous filters have already strike the market, with requirements ranging from keeping history off accessed content to blocking access to chat and unwanted content.
Services like America Online and other Internet Service Providers permit parents to block certain services. Though, it goes without saying that an improved choice would always be taking a close look at your kid’s Internet practice.
Different filtering tools operate in different fashions. Certain tools limit access to a particular list of websites classified as “inappropriate.” Whereas some companies choose what should be filtered, others let parents do it, among pre-set categories.
Several companies operate by employing people to look at and classify web pages into categories that a parent may or may not decide to block.
Certain filtering tools limit access to sites containing key words like “breast.” There are also tools which block just the bad words and not the text surrounding them. A number of filters apply to websites, others to e-mail, chat and instant messaging, newsgroups, or a mixture.
There are also tools which examine the language around key words to avoid blocking combination of words like “breast cancer”.
Net Nanny:
Net Nanny claims that it will guard children and free speech on the Net. It also advertises that due to its filters, Net Nanny will make sure on-line protection for user.
Cybersitter:
Solid Oak’s CYBER sitter claims to propose the safest way to discover cyberspace, for its users. It also claims to have by far the most technically advanced filtering product on the market due to its use of a smart content recognition system, which recognizes even brand new sites. Because of these technological advances, CYBERsitter is “guaranteed to block over 95 per cent of all objectionable content”.
Cyber Patrol:
Cyber Patrol advertises itself as the most excellent way to manage children’s computer use and protection on the Net. It claims that all sites on its blocked list are reviewed by a team of Internet professionals, including parents and teachers. Cyber Patrol more claims that all blocked sites have been reviewed by human eyes.
SurfWatch:
SurfWatch claims that more than eight million copies of its creations have been downloaded, thus making it the most admired, trusted product for harnessing the encouraging potential of the Internet. Its operation statement notes, “We empower people with the information, technology, and tools they need to harness the positive potential of the Internet.” With a blocked site list of more than 100,000 URLs, it claims to be 90-95 per cent efficient in blocking objectionable sites, and due to its team of professional web surfers the product will constantly remain up to date. SurfWatch also advertises that all blocked sites are seen by human eyes, and that hard decisions are referred to an Advisory Committee of parents, professionals, teachers, law enforcement, clergy and community members.
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