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Filtering Preference Categories
ContentScreen
allows a 'master user/administrator' to set the filter to
screen desired content by selecting from these categories.
Permanently Blocked
Categories For All Users
Pornography & Recreational Nudity:
Pornography refers to any content containing bare breasts or
genitalia in a photo, drawing, or other sexual depiction.
Recreational nudity includes naturism, streaking, and other
unclothed or see-through clothing activities.
Adult Material:
Websites and/or applications intended for an adult audience or
content that is not specifically designed for viewing
pornography, but may serve as a gateway to such material. This
category also contain websites that are considered crude and
tasteless.
Criminal Activity:
Criminal activity includes, but is not necessarily limited to,
hacking or cracking, hate speech, illegal drug promotion,
illegal weapons, and crime instructions.
Master User Adjustable
Categories
* other categories pre-selected in default
filtering
profile
Weapons & Violence:*
Content pertaining to an instrument of attack or defense in
combat such as guns, bombs, or swords. Also content pertaining
to any physical force exerted for the purpose of violating,
damaging, or abusing.
Media Search:*
This category includes image, video and and audio directory
searches. Websites like Google Images would be included in the
Media Search category. Access to pornography can be prevalent if
this category is not selected.
Misc
(Translation, Proxy, etc):*
This category has language translation and anonymous proxy
servers. These types of websites can be used to bypass content
filtering.
Personal Website Communities/Social
Networking sites:
Sites where web page space is offered for free, such as MySpace,
Xanga, GeoCities, Tripod, AngelFire, and others. Any URL categorized as
such is not guaranteed to have each individual personal website
sub-categorized, though we may do so from time to time. However,
pornography, nudity, hate speech and other commonly undesirable
content violates the Terms of Service of many personal website
hosts. These sites more recently have become focused by Online
Predators.
Chat/Instant Messaging/BBS:
Access to online chatting, message posting, voice transmission
and software supporting such activities.
Web-Based E-mail:
Sites that offer free e-mail accounts in a web-based, or browser
legible, format. Many teens unfortunately setup and use these free
accounts to communicate to strangers without permission.
Downloads:
Anything that enables the download of software, updates, patches
and other computer-related components.
Audio, Image & Video File Sharing:
This category includes peer-to-peer sharing websites such as
KaZaa and BitTorrent that can be a source of explicit and
illegal content. These type of file transfers are also notorious for
being infected with viruses and other forms of malicious code.
Swimsuits / Lingerie:
Content that provide photos of models wearing swimsuits,
lingerie, underwear, or other highly revealing attire.
Alternate Lifestyle:
Non-pornographic content that provides information on or caters
to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and other alternative lifestyles.
Alcohol & Tobacco:
Content that advocates or promotes the production or
recreational use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco.
Personals & Dating:
Internet related websites and/or applications that post and
receive information from people wanting to socialize.
Games:
Internet participation of games such as puzzles, arcade, card,
and logic problems. This category also covers any information
that refers back to games such as strategy guides and hints.
Search Sites:
Internet related websites and/or applications that search or
index any portion of the Internet.
Religion:
Content about the reverence of a supernatural power regarded as
creator and governor of the universe or a set of beliefs,
values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual
leader.
Health:
Anything pertaining to the well being of a living body.
Job/Employment:
Any content that provides job listings and information related
to employment, such as resume posting and interviewing tips.
Shopping:
Websites whose specific purpose is selling items to retail
customers over the Internet. The shopping category is targeted
to retailers who target the general public. This does not
include business to business selling or target market selling.
News, Sports & Entertainment:
This category includes news, sports, entertainment, travel
and financial news. Selection of this category would be
appropriate in a work situation where time wasting is a problem.
Gambling/Wagering:
Any content providing online wagering and sites devoted
exclusively to promote gambling activities.
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