[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2692] Article: Internet Filters

From: Hacker, Emily (EHacker@fegs.org)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 12:32:13 EST


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There seem to be a lot of articles on various forms of Internet censorship
these days. Here's a new one from the New York Times. A recent Kaiser Family
Foundation study, published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, found that Internet filters used in schools and libraries block
many sites that students may need for school and personal research on
important health-related information. While this probably comes as no
surprise to members of this list, what's significant about this report is
that it is the first such study to appear in a peer-reviewed scientific
journal. 

Article: Internet Filters Block Many Useful Sites, Study Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/technology/11FILT.html?tntemail1

Best,
--Emily

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Emily Hacker
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