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LeaAnne MontelOctober 8, 2008INF 103

Internet FiltersResponsibility

Freedom

Rights

Danger

Protection or censorship?

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Internet filters protect children

Do Internet filters violate freedom of speech?

Internet filters support parents

Internet filters are used in public places

* Public libraries

*Airlines, etc.

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How do filters protect children?What are they protecting them from?

Internet filters

protect children

Pornography

Predators

+What are we protecting them from?90% of 8-16 year olds have viewed porn online

+What are we protecting them from?

1in 7 youths have been sexually solicited online.

2 in 5 abductions of children ages 15-17 are due to Internet contact.

1 in 4 kids participate in real time chat.

89% of sexual solicitations of youth are made in chat rooms.

+Internet filters support parents

Chat filtering, monitoring & blocking

URL filtering, keyword filtering, email filtering

IM port blocking, email blocking, peer 2 peer blocking

Remote reporting, reports by email, history reports

Daily time limits

Individual user profiles

Password controls

How?

+Internet filters are used in public places.

Public libraries

Schools

Cyber cafés

Airlines

Corporations

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Are Internet filters a violation of free speech?How do Internet filters infringe on 1st Amendment rights?

Rights

ACLU

+How do internet filters infringe on 1st Amendment rights? Considered to be censorship by civil rights groups such as the

ACLU.

Said to be ineffective- over blocking or under blocking.

Inhibit legitimate research.

+Internet Filters in public places-

Protection

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Censorship

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ResponsibilityIt would seem that a responsible adult would be able to give up their all access use of the Internet while in public places to keep the children of this country from having to be faced with more harmful materials.

“It is a significant interest of society to keep children from harmful Internet materials. Free speech can be tempered with the prudent use of filters to ensure the greatest amount of freedom of speech for the greatest numbers of people “ (L. Gottschalk, 2006)

+References American Civil Liberties Union website, retrieved September 22, 2008

http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/internet/index.html

Children’s Internet Protection Act, FCC consumer facts, June 23, 2008, retrieved October 2, 2008,

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html

L.. Gottschalk, (2066) Internet filters in public libraries, do they belong?, Library Student Journal retrieved October 8,

2008 , http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/index.php/lsj/article/viewArticle/25/17

Net Nanny parental controls reviewer comments, 2008, retrieved October 2, 2008,

http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/netnanny-review.html

Net Nanny parental controls screenshots, blocking message 4,retrieved Sept 22, 2008,

http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/2012-netnanny-parental-controls-lg1-screenshot.html

Google images, retrieved September 22, 2008,

http://www.granitegrok.com/pix/free_speech_1.JPG

http://www.peapod.ca/blog/images/compukid.jpg

http://www.laptopandpcrepair.com/Portals/0/Kid%20with2520computer.jpg