*interesting* results from filtering software

[Doug Schuler]

WOW!


> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:35:58 -0800
From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle at ix.netcom.com>
To: cpsr-activists at cpsr.org
Subject: Bible Censored in Utah Schools/Internet


FYI.  Also see:

"Internet Filter Used in Schools Blocked the Bible" --
http://www.sltrib.com/03231999/nation_w/92388.htm


The Censorware Project today released our report, "Censored Internet
Access in Utah Schools and Libraries".  The report examines the
state of Utah's use of a commercial internet censoring product in
all Utah public schools and some public libraries, as recorded in the
log files generated by the software itself.  The log files prove
incriminating - they reveal that Utah students are highly unlikely to
use the internet for non-scholastic purposes, and that when students
or adults are banned from a site by the software, more likely than
not, the site was completely innocent.

Among the documents banned by Utah: the Holy Bible, the Book of
Mormon, the Declaration of Independence, the United States
Constitution, all of Shakespeare's plays, and The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes.

The Salt Lake Tribune has a front page story on this subject today:
http://www.sltrib.com/

Press release:
http://censorware.org/press/press_03-23-99.html

The Report:
http://censorware.org/reports/utah/




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