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Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a Filtered World

Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a Filtered World. Second Life presentation January 15, 2008 Doug (BlueSkunk) Johnson www.doug-johnson.com. Then. Now. http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com.

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Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a Filtered World

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  1. MaintainingIntellectual Freedomin a Filtered World • Second Life presentationJanuary 15, 2008 • Doug (BlueSkunk) Johnson • www.doug-johnson.com

  2. Then Now http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com

  3. Is there any definitive answer to what should or should not be filtered to meet CIPA requirements? Our technology director has been checking more little boxes on our filter. - Librarian

  4. The big ideas: • The concepts of intellectual freedom are as relevant to information in electronic formats as they are in print. • The management our Internet filters determines the extent to which IF is possible in schools.

  5. “We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they need the help of censors to assist them in this task.” ALA

  6. Reader/Viewers’ rights • Library Bill of Rights • Access to Resources and Services in the • School Library Media Program • Censorship Statement (IRA) • Freedom to Read Statement, Freedom to Teach, to Learn, and to Express Ideas (MSBA) • Freedom to View • Statement on Intellectual Freedom • Students' Right to Read (NCTE)

  7. Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored. ALA

  8. Do we have to have filters in schools? There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong. H.L. Menken The short A: Yes

  9. Smut and dangerouspeople? … in 2005 there were only 100 known cases of child exploitation related to social-networking sites nationwide and that there was “not a single case related to MySpace where someone has been abducted.” Collier and Magid on BlogSafety.com

  10. So, OK, there are problems with the InternetLet’s filter -Problems solved!

  11. Do filters work? There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong. H.L. Menken The short A: Not really

  12. There’s nothing wrong with filters except they… • Over-block and under-block • Can have a political agenda • Don’t block P2P, chat, images • Are easy to defeat • Give false sense of security • Shift the responsibility for appropriate use from the user to the institution

  13. Job searching New age Homosexuality Drugs Travel Abortion pro and con Racism Religion Sports Tasteless Chat Vehicles It’s not just sex...

  14. It’s better to filter too much than too little.Cybersitter spokesman, Internet World, Nov. 1996

  15. Underblocking • Kaiser study showed: • 87% of pornography blocked at least restrictive settings • 91% of pornography blocked at most restrictive settings Would you rely on a condom with a 10% failure rate? Nancy Willard

  16. “there is no filter I can’t get around in less than three hours” Teen interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered”

  17. Filters and freedom • Keep filtering local. • Select customizable filter. • Use least restrictive settings. • Block content, not format. • Use override lists. • Provide ready access to unfiltered machine. • Check your filter. • Treat requests for blocking like any material challenge.

  18. Health sites % blocked (Kaiser)

  19. Make it easy toget access toinformation…

  20. Trying to teach students to use the Internet through a filtered computer is like teaching a child to cross the street in the basement. They’ll be run down the first time they try to cross a real street because they’ve had no guided experience.Carol SimpsonWhat do smart schools do?

  21. The same freedoms children now have to read and view must be extended to computing. We can and must have freedomand filters…

  22. Stay vigilant!

  23. Questions &Discussion Maintaining Intellectual Freedomin a Filtered World Doug Johnson www.doug-johnson.com

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