It's for web sites? - WHat about those annoying "click here" ads that pop
up on the
search engine screens? - I'd love to find a filter that elimates *all ads.
Karen Mahnk
At 05:01 PM 10/28/1998 -0500, Mike Lynch wrote:
>Crude screening by searching for words (like "breast") is not advisable,
>however, I believe the "Cyberpatrol" software is put out and updated by a
>group that actually looks at individual websites so that the incidental use
>of sexual words won't trigger exclusion. (You'd get the Starr report); but
>the purely prurient sites (adult material) are kept away from your immature
>employees. Cyberpatrol.com
>Michael J. Lynch
>Law Library Director (404) 872-3593 ext. 108
>John Marshall Law School
>1422 West Peachtree St. N.W. FAX (404) 873-3802
>Atlanta, GA 30309
> lynchm@johnmarshall.edu
>
>
>> ----------
>> From: Ellen M. Poler[SMTP:epoler@interaccess.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 3:04 PM
>> To: Karen Mahnk
>> Cc: Hill, Byron C.; 'law-lib@ucdavis.edu'
>> Subject: Re: LAW FIRM LIBRARIANS -- INTERNET SCREENING
>>
>> Karen:
>>
>> I agree with you.
>>
>> Something that often strikes me: "Bad" material doesn't come up in most
>> searches. You really have to go looking for it. I recall only once
>> hitting an "undesirable" site when doing a search that had no sexual
>> content whatsoever.
>>
>> There are plenty of objectionable sites.
>>
>> As a parent, and as a lawyer, I'm a first amendment absolutist; I
>> decided a long time ago that the value of "free inquiry" was much more
>> important for my children than restricting their Internet access. (Of
>> course, once, a few years ago, before the Web, there was an academic
>> disclipine case at the University of Michigan; a male student wrote a
>> story that used a female student's name, in violation of the code of
>> conduct. I was curious what he wrote, because it involved the use of the
>> name of one of the first English-language novels, and I had one heck of
>> a time finding what he wrote -- my children had to show me how!)
>>
>> Most of the objectionable material I have seen is pretty boring to me.
>>
>> Also, if many people use other search engines for their first pass at
>> finding things, they're not going to find undesirable sites by clicking
>> on "travel" or "law." There is no doubt that objectionable material is
>> there, and if you search for "sex," I suppose you'll get the bad with
>> the good.
>>
>> > I believe filtering is a bad idea for several reasons:
>> > First, filtering devices are far from accurate - &
>> > W/i the legal field there is often a need for a wide range of
>> > information depending upon the particular client/case.
>> > Filters have been known to limit such searches as "breast" which
>> > would cause some difficulty in searching for data re: breast cancer.
>>
>> I guess some people really are that simplistic.
>> > By the same token, many undesirable sites have made adjustments to
>> > circumvent such filters ie.(whitehouse.com).
>> > Filters may be helpful to some extent on the children's computer but
>> > for obtaining any/all info avail. on the`net - for complete
>> > researching,
>> > it's a bad idea, IMHO.
>> > Karen Mahnk
>> >
>> >
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > Karen Mahnk, Research Librarian (305)545-1889 FAX:
>> > (305)545-1972
>> > State of Florida Public Defender, karenpdo@pop.gate.net
>> > 11th Judicial Circuit
>> > 1320 NW 14th Street, Suite 313
>> > Miami, Fl.,33125
>> >
>> >
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> >
>> > At 08:22 AM 10/28/1998 -0500, Hill, Byron C. wrote:
>> > >
>> > >A colleague reports that her firm will shortly be making Internet
>> > access
>> > >available to all attorneys, paralegals, librarians and
>> > administrators.
>> > >However, they are considering the inclusion of a filtering device
>> > that will
>> > >block access to "inappropriate" sites (pornographic, entertainment,
>> > sports,
>> > >shopping, etc.). Has your firm considered or implemented such a
>> > device?
>> > >Individual sites may be "unblocked" upon request to Information
>> > Services.
>> > >Thoughts? Comments?
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ~~
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > Karen Mahnk, Research Librarian (305)545-1889 FAX
>> > (305)545-1972
>> > State of Florida Public Defender,
>> > karenpdo@pop.gate.net
>> > 11th Judicial Circuit
>> > 1320 NW 14th Street, Suite 313
>> > Miami, Fl.,33125
>> >
>> >
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> ~~
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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>> McBreen, McBreen & Kopko 312-332-6405 X 240
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