And anyway, if we restrict information flow over the Internet, we will
immediately circumvent it ourselves!
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From: www-talk
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Rating System for WWW Pages
Date: 02 December 1994 14:39
I second Brian Farrar's suggestion to put complete control in the hands of
the client. If a *local* (ie 'client') filtering system is workable enough,
that should defuse the pressure (anticipated and existing) to censor the
Web.
I teach Net usage workshops to public school teachers, and the question of
classrom control over content comes up often. It is a valid question, IMHO,
but I think the best solution is to put good tools in the hands of the
people who need or desire that kind of control, rather than trying to create
a webwide rating system which will only be circumvented anyway.
Would it be possible from a programming pov to run a filter along with
existing browsers which would only permit access to a limited (pre-approved)
set of adresses? IOW, that way a teacher could permit access to say,
SpaceLink or the Smithsonian (or whatever) while denying access to other
sites? Any ideas, anyone?
I think it is vital that the Web community solve this problem before others
solve it for us ......
Nathan Wagoner