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Internet Filtering Software
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ALSO CALLED: Web Blocking Software, Filtering Software, Web Filtering Tools, Internet Nanny, Web Filtering Software, Internet Blocking Software, and Blocking Software
DEFINITION: Censorware is a term used pejoratively to describe software that filters out undesirable Web sites or content. Examples include Cybersitter, N2H2, Netnanny, Surfwatch, and Wisechoice. This kind of software is designed to restrict an individual's ability to send or receive certain types of information, and for that reason its use (in public libraries, for example) is a contentious issue. Organizations
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A guide to Web security gateway technology
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WEBCAST: Posted: 18 Apr 2008 | When: Available On Demand
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Antimalware
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JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 03 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Look Who's Watching
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JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 08 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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WMBlocker
sponsored by Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 28 Jul 2004 | Published: 01 Jul 2004
SUMMARY:SOPRANO Mobile Nanny removes the heavy burden of responsibility of restricting access to content solely from content providers and distributes it across content providers, Mobile Network Operators and the broader community. 
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WMS Challenges Mobile Network Operators to Demonstrate Social Responsibility to Their Customers with WMBlocker
sponsored by Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc.
PRESS RELEASE: Posted: 28 Jul 2004 | Published: 23 Mar 2004
SUMMARY:Wireless & Mobile Solutions (WMS) debuts SOPRANO's wireless content blocking technology known as SOPRANO MobileNanny, which was just announced at 3GSM World Congress, under the name of WMBlocker in the US, Canada and Mexico. 
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INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued):
such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argue that the use of censorware conflicts with individual rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association, as mandated by the United States constitution. There are a number of problems with censorware, quite apart from the question of whether or not it infringes upon individual rights to access to information. Censorware blocks certain Web site categories and also uses language-based criteria to define undesirable content. Given the ambiguous nature of isolated parts of speech,
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