We are not talking about filtering standard sex education images as you
might find in a school book. We are talking about images or videos of women
drinking their urine, masturbating with a toothbrush, or having sex with a
dog.
Andreas
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Michelle Gallaway <mgallaway(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
You know, while I'd rather my son learns about
human sexuality in a way
that I'm comfortable with and can control, the reality is that he's not
going to come to his mum for that information! I'd really much rather he
reads that information on Wikipedia, (even if that information is not
perfect), than gets his education on the topic from *actual* internet
pornography. In this sense putting in a "family friendly" content filter
like Larry Sanger advocates would probably be a massive own goal.
If there are any other mothers on the list, I'd be interested in hearing
their thoughts too...
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Tom Morris <tom(a)tommorris.org> wrote:
The problem with all enforced filtering systems is that they aren't
going to stop kids getting to porn (15-year-old boys have both a lot of
time, technical expertise and will find creative ways to get their hands on
porn), but they often will over-censor. Back in the 90s, GLAAD put out a
report called "Access Denied" that described how filtering technology was
restricting access to LGBT information sites. My university used to prevent
students (adults!) from accessing the Wikipedia article on "Same-sex
marriage" because, well, the URL contains the word "sex". Breast cancer
awareness/information sites get hammered for the word "breast".
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