Programmer finds filtering system too diligent - As Congress mulls whether smut-blocking software should be installed in all public schools and libraries, a computer programmer on Tuesday published a report alleging that at least one filtering company takes its job too far. [CNET.com]
Cyber Patrol Ban List Published on the Web - Anyone eager to know which Usenet newsgroups and Web URLs are blacklisted by Mattel's Cyber Patrol censorware application, but too lazy to compile and run the cphack utility which decrypts the list, is welcome to visit the Cyber Patrol Block List Web site. [The Register]
Net filter firm under fire - Brian Milburn makes a good living selling parents a filtering program for Net porn. But with his success comes heated criticism that his product, Cybersitter, is a censorship tool. This week his company is being accused of trying to block communication from those critics as well. [CNET]
Libraries Debate Net Filtering - The notion of filtering Net access at public libraries received very different reactions from the city councils of Coppell, Texas, and San Jose, California, where officials tried to balance concerns about online pornography with cries of censorship. [News.com]
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Trevor
