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LeaAnne Montel

Responsibility. Internet Filters. Freedom. Protection or censorship?. Rights. Danger. LeaAnne Montel. October 8, 2008 INF 103. Internet filters support parents. Internet filters are used in public places. Internet filters protect children. * Public libraries. *Airlines, etc.

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LeaAnne Montel

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  1. Responsibility Internet Filters Freedom Protection or censorship? Rights Danger LeaAnne Montel October 8, 2008 INF 103

  2. Internet filters support parents Internet filters are used in public places Internet filters protect children * Public libraries *Airlines, etc. Do Internet filters violate freedom of speech?

  3. Pornography Internet filters protect children Predators How do filters protect children? What are they protecting them from?

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

  5. 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.

  6. How? 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

  7. Internet filters are used in public places. • Public libraries • Schools • Cyber cafés • Airlines • Corporations

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

  9. 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.

  10. Internet Filters in public places- • Protection ? • Censorship ?

  11. Responsibility It 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)

  12. 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

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