File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9907, message 628


Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:19:24 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: New study finds that Mid-Atlantic Infoshop banned by Bess


The folks at Censorware.org have just released a new study which shows
how ineffective filtering software is. They find that it blocks non-porn
sites and fails to block dozens of porn sites, the latter being the
primary focus of the software.

Passing Porn, Banning the Bible
N2H2's Bess in public schools
http://censorware.org/reports/bess/

The study points out the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop <www.infoshop.org>
anti-censorship pages are being blocked by Bess and thus unavailable to
schoolchildren in several states. What's more disturbing is that
activist resources, labor resources, and pages devoted to activist teens
are all blocked. Also, any student under the age of 18 this Fall won't
be able to use the MA Infoshop site to do research on Sacco and Vanzetti
or Emma Goldman. The Sacco and Vanzetti site has been cited by the
Internet Scout Project as an outstanding source on the social sciences.

The Mid-Atlantic Infoshop is against the use of censorware in any
context, since its only purpose is to censor another person, most often
a kid. Freedom of speech should know no age limits. We will continue our
ongoing efforts against censorware, despite the attacks on our free
speech rights by censorware companies and the religious right.

-- 
Chuck0

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