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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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Recent Vendor Reports on Internet Filtering Software
A guide to Web security gateway technology sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 18 Apr 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: This expert webcast presents Web security gateway technology as an emerging tool to protect your company's network from web-borne threats. TOPICS: Application Security \| Internet Filtering \| Internet Filtering Software \| Internet Security \| Network Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Antimalware sponsored by Information Security Magazine JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 03 Apr 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 SUMMARY: With Microsoft getting in the antimalware game--behind free antivirus and antispyware in Vista and its Forefront Client Security business software--standalone antimalware vendors have had to adjust their strategies and improve centralized management. TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Internet Filtering Software \| Malware \| Virus Detection Software

Look Who's Watching sponsored by CIO Decisions JOURNAL ARTICLE: Posted: 08 Jan 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: Midmarket CIOs are increasingly monitoring employee Internet Use and blocking Web sites. Where are they drawing the line? TOPICS: Acceptable Use Policies \| Employee Monitoring \| Internet Filtering \| Internet Filtering Software \| Internet Monitoring Software \| Network Traffic Analysis

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. TOPICS: Internet Filtering Software \| MVNO \| Parental Control Software \| Wireless Computing

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. TOPICS: Internet Filtering Software \| MVNO \| Parental Control Software \| Wireless Computing

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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